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Government Considers Extension of Employment Rights as Part of Employment Status Review
...Employment Rights as Part of Employment Status Review The Government has announced an employment status review to help clarify and potentially strengthen the employment status of up to a million Briti...
Latest Tribunal Statistics Published
...employment tribunals (including the Employment Appeal Tribunal), up from 75% in 2014/15. During this period there was also a 20% drop in the number of appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The ...
Dutch employer fined €725,000 for processing biometric data unlawfully
Dutch employer fined €725,000 for processing biometric data unlawfully The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) (“Dutch SA”) has fined an employer €725,000 (approximately £636,800...
Reminder: Employment Law Changes from 1 October
...Employment Law Changes from 1 October Employers need to be aware of the following employment law changes coming into force on 1 October: Time off to accompany a pregnant woman to ante-natal appointmen...
It’s just a joke: employer not vicariously liable for employee’s practical joke
...employment. To establish this, there must be a sufficiently close connection between the act which caused the injury and the perpetrator’s work to make it fair, just and reasonable to impose vicarious...
Government Launches Inquiry into Future of the World of Work
...employment law? 2. For those casual and agency workers working in the 'gig economy', is the balance of benefits between worker and employer appropriate? 3. What specific provision should there be for...
Paid Bereavement Leave for Parents
Paid Bereavement Leave for Parents A Bill has been introduced into Parliament which will give employed parents who lose a child the right to paid time off to grieve. The Bill has not yet been ...
Online Tool for Calculating Entitlement to Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave
...employment status (eg employed or worker); the date they started their current job; the date they finished work (if they've finished); how much they earn; when they want their leave to start; and ...
Brexit: update for UK employers on the status of EU/EFTA nationals
Brexit: update for UK employers on the status of EU/EFTA nationals Brexit will affect the rights of nationals of EU and EFTA member states to live and work in the UK. Our Business Immigration team has...
Zero Hours Contracts: Draft Anti-Avoidance Provisions Published
...employment to bring an unfair dismissal claim. Clauses in zero hours contracts which prevent workers from working for another employer ("exclusivity clauses") were outlawed in May 2015. The draft Regu...
Call for Evidence on Tips, Gratuities, Cover and Service Charges
...employment contract.The employer may choose to pass on a proportion to a worker and may also choose to deduct a proportion (for example, as an administration or handling fee). These arrangements shoul...
Claims for Arrears of Underpaid Holiday Pay Limited to Two Years
...employment contracts, so as to preclude claims for breach of contract which could potentially go back six years. The changes will apply to claims made to the employment tribunal on or after 1 July 2...
Asking Questions about Discrimination after 6 April 2014
Asking Questions about Discrimination after 6 April 2014 Acas has published guidance on asking and responding to questions about discrimination which will apply from 6 April 2014. From 6 April 2014,...
Consultation on Proposals to Exempt Self-employed Persons from Health and Safety Laws
Consultation on Proposals to Exempt Self-employed Persons from Health and Safety Laws The Government intends to exempt self-employed people from health and safety legislation where their work poses no...
Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 Receives Royal Assent
...Employment Act 2015 Receives Royal Assent The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 25 March 2015. The Act includes a number of provisions of interest to employer...
Compulsory Equal Pay Audits: Latest Developments
...employment tribunals will be obliged to order employers found to be in breach of equal pay laws to carry out and publish an equal pay audit unless: The employer has carried out an audit within the mea...
Supreme Court: employer not vicariously liable for doctor’s actions when carrying out medical tests on its behalf
...employment. Vicarious liability will depend on the specific facts and how closely the relationship resembles employment. However, there is no vicarious liability for the acts of a self-employed person...
Agency workers not entitled to the same number of contractual hours as direct recruits
...employment tribunal claim and argued he was entitled to the same annual leave, paid rest breaks and amount of work as direct recruits. The employment tribunal disagreed. It ruled that his less genero...
Government Consults on Extending Fair Deal 2013 to Local Authority Outsourcings
...employment is compulsorily transferred to another employer (that does not offer membership of a public sector pension scheme) will be entitled to be a member of the LGPS. This entitlement will last f...
Informing Staff About Pensions Auto-enrolment: Template Letters
Informing Staff About Pensions Auto-enrolment: Template Letters The Pensions Regulator has published template letters to help employers inform their staff about automatic enrolment into workplace pens...