Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published its latest round of quarterly tribunal statistics for January to March 2013, which also includes annual figures for the financial year[…]
25 June 2013 EAT hearings by judge alone (s. 12) No qualifying period for unfair dismissal where it relates to employee’s political opinion/affiliation (s. 13) Reducing the cap on the[…]
In Riežniece v Zemkopības ministrija and anor the ECJ has held that the EU Framework Agreement on Parental Leave does not prevent an employer, in the context of the abolition[…]
New legislation enabling confidential pre-termination settlement agreements, contained in the new s111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 , is expected to come into force during the summer. In broad[…]
In a letter to stakeholders issued this morning, HM Courts & Tribunal Service have announced that the date for the implementation of fees into the employment tribunals (ET) and Employment[…]
The Disclosure and Barring Service (which replaced the Criminal Records Bureau at the end of last year) is launching its new Update Service on 17th June 2013. Previously called a[…]
BIS has issued a press release containing commencement dates for some of the changes introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 , which received Royal Assent yesterday. On[…]
Yesterday (24 April), the government introduced yet a further concession into clause 27 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill and, last night, the House of Lords voted to accept the[…]
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has announced a new implementation timetable for the major employment law reforms, many of which had originally been intended to come into force[…]
Acas has issued a new booklet on how to handle collective redundancies following the Government’s changes to the rules on collective redundancy consultation, including a reduction in the minimum consultation[…]