The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a guide for employers on the new right to unpaid time off to accompany a pregnant woman to ante-natal appointments. The new right, which comes into force on 1 October 2014, is available to employees and qualifying agency workers. The new right is provided for in[…]
Employer Justified in Not Paying Enhanced Pay for Additional Paternity Leave
LATEST NEWS Sep 04, 2014
In Shuter v Ford Motor Co Ltd ET Case No.3203504/13 an employment tribunal has held that an employer did not discriminate by paying only the statutory rate of additional paternity pay to a male employee on additional paternity leave (APL) when a female employee on maternity leave would have been entitled to full basic pay.[…]
Claimant Suffering from Mental Illness should have been granted Adjournment
LATEST NEWS Sep 04, 2014
In U v Butler and Wilson Ltd the EAT has held that an employment tribunal erred by failing to grant a short adjournment of a hearing for the claimant, who suffered from a mental disability and was a litigant in person, to consider how he wished to pursue his case. Furthermore, having informed the claimant[…]
ACAS has published new guidance on such issues as tattoo’s, piercings and religious dress. You can read the guidance by going to: http://www.acas.org.uk/dresscode
In Cadogan Hotel Partners Ltd v Ozog the EAT has confirmed that awards for injury to feelings in discrimination cases are subject to a 10% uplift following the Court of Appeal’s decision in Simmons v Castle. It also held that an employer’s failure to deal with an oral complaint did not attract the uplift on[…]
In Hounga v Allen and anor the Supreme Court has held that a domestic worker could claim race discrimination, despite working illegally in the United Kingdom. The connection between the illegality and the statutory tort of discriminatory treatment was insufficiently close to bar her claim. Furthermore, in the view of the majority of the Court,[…]
In Kaltoft v Municipality of Billund (C-354/13) the Advocate General has given the opinion that obesity may amount to a disability for the purposes of the EU Equal Treatment Framework Directive (No.2000/78) but only if it is ‘severe’. The Advocate General thought it probable that only obesity with a body mass index (BMI) of over[…]
The Government has now responded to its consultation on the use of zero-hours contracts. This states that the Government will ban the use of exclusivity clauses and increase the availability of information on zero-hours contracts for employees. The Government will also work with unions and business to develop a best practice code of conduct aimed[…]
First, under clause 136, a new system for enforcing tribunal awards: an ‘enforcement officer’ will give a 28-day warning notice if a tribunal award remains unpaid. If the monies are not then paid by the Respondent, a ‘penalty notice’ will be issued. The penalty is 50% of the outstanding amount, subject to a minimum of[…]
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed to IDS that it is making a number of changes to its fee remissions form and guidance. These changes are based on feedback from customers and stakeholders and are intended to simplify the application process for users. They will apply to fee remission applications from 30[…]