The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill – which makes provision for numerous employment law reforms including mandatory pre-claim Acas conciliation, resolving more claims without a hearing and financial penalties for employers found to have breached employment rights – has received its First Reading in the House of Commons. Business Secretary Vince Cable, introducing the Bill,[…]
The Government has announced a raft of changes to the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Equality Act amendments follow examination of the legislation as part of the Government’s ‘red tape challenge’ and include a consultation on repealing employers’ liability for third party harassment. The Home Secretary and[…]
The CIPD reported in a survey of employers this month that more than half of companies have used compromise agreements in the past two years as a means of resolving workplace issues. The average compensation package under a compromise agreement was reported to be £10,000 while one in five reported a typical payment of £25,000[…]
Disclosure of employment information to unsuccessful job applicant not required by EU law
LATEST NEWS Apr 20, 2012
In Meister v Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH, the European Court of Justice has held that EU law does not require an employer facing a discrimination claim from an unsuccessful job applicant to disclose information on the successful candidate. However, an employer’s refusal to grant access to such information may be taken into account when[…]
A range of employment law reforms come into force in April 2012. Perhaps the most important of the Government’s employment law reforms, the increase in the unfair dismissal qualifying period, takes effect on 6 April. Other changes in April include new rates of statutory maternity pay and sick pay and amendments to the tribunal rules[…]
Everyone is working together to make the Olympic and Paralympic Games a great success, but there are some real issues employers need to start thinking about now. Your employees will fall largely into two groups: •those who plan to take time off during the Games because they hope to be: ◦a spectator: 6.6 million tickets[…]
1 February new tribunal award limits come into force 6 March consultation closes on fees in tribunals and the EAT April expected that qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase to 2 years various tribunal reforms to take effect, e.g. increase in deposit orders and costs awards unpaid parental leave to increase to 4 months[…]
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011 SI 2011/3006 has been published. The Order will increase the limits on certain employment tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation from 1 February 2012. The notable changes are: • the limit on the amount of a week’s pay for the purposes of calculating, among[…]
The Government Equalities Office has announced the creation of a new Equality Advisory and Support Service to provide support to vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals facing discrimination. The service will provide telephone advice and support, encouraging problems to be resolved early and informally where possible. Those who need face-to-face help will be provided with lay independent[…]
What is the test for determining whether a domestic worker treated as a family member is ineligible for the National Minimum Wage? The test is to be approached holistically, there is no one single factor, such as the provision of accommodation, meals, or the sharing of tasks, which is decisive, says the EAT in Julio[…]