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[…]
A range of employment law changes take effect in April 2013. Perhaps the most important is the reduction in the minimum consultation period where an employer proposes 100 or more[…]
The government has announced further amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, to stengthen the protection available to whistleblowers. The proposed amendments will:- • make employers vicariously liable for[…]
In R (on the application of T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and ors the Court of Appeal has held that the statutory criminal record checking scheme (now the[…]