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Employers Losing Tribunal Claims Face Financial Penalties
...employment tribunal claims may face a financial penalty in addition to having to pay compensation. From 6 April 2014, employment tribunals will be able to require employers who lose claims to pay a fi...
Higher Fees for Certain Employment Tribunal Claims
...Employment Tribunal Claims Certain employment tribunal claims which are currently Type A claims are to be reclassified as Type B claims, meaning that they will attract a higher fee. The changes, which...
Health and Safety and the Self-employed Person
...employment is higher than at any point over the past 40 years There has been a rise in total employment since 2008 predominantly among the self-employed The rise is predominately down to fewer people ...
Enforcing Gender Pay Gap Reporting Obligations
Enforcing Gender Pay Gap Reporting Obligations The Equality and Human Right Commission (EHRC) is consulting on its plans for pursuing employers who do not comply with their gender pay gap reporting ob...
New Statutory Code of Practice for “Fire and Re-Hire”
...employment terms and will include practical steps that employers should follow. It will be guidance rather than law, but Employment Tribunals considering employment claims, such as for unfair dismissa...
Employment Tribunal Claims Down 79%
...employment tribunal claims may be having a significant impact on the number of claims made to employment tribunals. Fees were introduced for all employment tribunal claims issued on or after 29 July ...
New year, new law: what can you expect to see in 2020?
...employment law she expects will come into force next year. Verity's article was first published in Employment Law Journal. Click here to read the article in full.
Employment law and data transfers post-Brexit
...employment and data protection laws. Click here to read their article This article was originally published in ELA Briefing (© Employment Lawyers Association)
Apprenticeship Levy: BIS Guidance
Apprenticeship Levy: BIS Guidance The Government has issued guidance for employers on how the apprenticeship levy will work. The levy, which is being introduced in April 2017, will apply to all UK em...
Changing Contractual Employment Terms: Dismissal and Re-engagement Code Published
...employment in writing and the employer must comply with its obligations in respect of the written statement of employment particulars. The employer should ensure that the only terms that are cha...
Radical Reform of Employment Tribunals if Labour Wins Next Election
...employment tribunal fees in July last year, following which there has been a 79% reduction in the number of employment tribunal claims issued. Mr Umunna said that it would be a mistake simply to retu...
Changes to Taxation of Termination Payments: A Degree of Backtracking
Changes to Taxation of Termination Payments: A Degree of Backtracking Plans to tax notice pay from April 2018 will be limited to basic pay only. The Chancellor confirmed in his Autumn Statement that p...
Furlough: what does it mean for redundancy dismissals?
...Employment Tribunal decisions but are a useful guide and ones which Employment Judges may consider when reaching decisions on future cases. What if an employee asks to be furloughed? In Mhindurwa ...
Chambers and Partners 2024: Doyle Clayton climbs ranking across multiple categories
...Employment: Employer **Employment: Senior Executive ***Employment: Thames Valley ****Employment: Employer: High Court Litigation *****Employment: Employee & Trade Union
Flexible Working: Right to Request Extended to All
...employment tribunals considering complaints. The key points are to: discuss the request with the employee as soon as possible and in private; allow the employee to be accompanied at the discussion a...
Gender Pay Gap Consultation this Summer
Gender Pay Gap Consultation this Summer The Government intends to introduce legislation that will require employers with 250 or more employee to publish information about the gender pay gap in their o...
Trade unions: making direct offers to employees and bypassing collective bargaining not unlawful
...Employment Appeal Tribunal. The Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with the tribunal. It considered that an inducement is unlawful if it results in one employment term being agreed directly with the e...
Who owns the intellectual property created during employment?
...employment with them in 2006. During his employment, he entered into various employment contracts under which Mr Penhallurick received his salary and various bonuses (depending on the terms of each co...
Unison Fails in Bid to Challenge Employment Tribunal Fees
...Employment Tribunal Fees Unison has once again failed in its bid to remove employment tribunal fees after the High Court rejected its second judicial review application. Since employment tribunal fee...
Applications open for employment tribunal fee refunds
...employment tribunal fee refunds All those eligible for a refund of employment tribunal fees can now apply. Individual claimants who have not changed their name since they made their clai...