Employment Law Update June 2014
There are some important things coming up in the update this month:-
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Employment Law Update May 2014
There are a couple of things coming up in the update this month:
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Employment Law Update April 2014
There is a lot happening in the employment law world this month:
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Employment Law Update March 2014
Financial Penalties
From 7 March the government increased the maximum financial penalty for employers who flout the national minimum wage from £5,000 to £20,000. In addition, the government also wants to introduce legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply in respect of each underpaid worker, instead of being the maximum amount that can be applied to each employer.
Employment Law Update February 2014
Auto-Enrolment Staging Dates
The introduction of pension’s auto-enrolment came with staged dates for introduction, depending on the size of business.
Employment Law Update January 2014
2013 brought a number of significant changes in employment law and 2014 will bring a continuation of this.
Consultation on proposals to abolish the service provision change aspect of TUPE resulted in the proposals being abandoned because of concerns that it would lead to uncertainty over the application of TUPE on service changeovers.
More changes to holiday pay?
A Birmingham tribunal recently ruled that holiday pay should be based on normal earnings and NOT on basic pay.
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In HR we have become used to the distinction between employees and workers. Employees have the benefit of all employment rights and all employees are workers. There are, however, some people in work who are not employees but are workers and have workers’ rights such as the right not to suffer unlawful discrimination.
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Employment tribunal fees. From 29th July 2013 employees and ex-employees wishing to bring an employment tribunal claim will be required to pay a fee with the claim and a further fee if the case goes to a hearing. The fees have been introduced by the coalition government to end what Chancellor George Osborne has described as a ‘one way bet’ against small businesses’
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Revised Employment Tribunal rules will be introduced to bring improvements to case management with simplified and streamlined procedures for preliminary hearings and the withdrawal of cases.
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