The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its opinion on 20 January 2009 in the conjoined cases of Stringer and Others v HMRC and Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund on the effect of long term sick leave on a worker’s right to annual leave by virtue of the Working Time Directive. The ECJ has held:[…]
Employees are entitled to accrue holiday pay while on sick leave and can carry that leave over into another year if they are too ill to take it.
LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2011
Interesting report here of our client’s victory against his employer Mid Sussex District Council http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201846/Council-worker-spied-fired-absent–But-hed-told-work-home.html
Recent figures released from the Office for National Statistics indicate that older workers, particularly women, are suffering most in redundancies. The figures indicate that the number of people employed over 50 dropped by 9000, 1000 fewer men and 8000 women. It appears that older women are suffering most as the downturn in the economy takes[…]
We are receiving an increasing number of enquiries about compromise agreements from individuals who have been made redundant and offered such an agreement and from employers looking to use compromise agreements as an alternative to using a redundancy consultation process. We therefore thought it would be useful to produce a basic guide to offer those[…]
Key Employment Law Changes for 2011 1. Abolition of the Default Retirement Age One of the biggest legal changes employers will have to contend with in 2011 is the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA). Although the DRA will not be completely abolished until 1 October 2011, transitional arrangements will come into force from[…]
The changes are: • the limit on the amount of a week’s pay for the purposes of calculating, among other things, statutory redundancy payments and the basic award for unfair dismissal will increase from GBP 380 to GBP 400; • the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal rises from GBP 65,300 to GBP 68,400; •[…]
The Minister of State for the Department for Work and Pensions, Steve Webb, has announced the proposed rates for statutory sick pay and statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay for 2011. The changes are expected to come into force on 11 April 2011. • Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, and Maternity Allowance, will increase[…]
Edward Davey, the Minister for Employment Relations intends to lobby against the European Parliament’s proposed 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay at a meeting of the EU Council. The Government considers that the proposals to revise the Pregnant Workers Directive would impose considerable and unacceptable costs on many Member States during the recession.[…]
Dismissal Based on Inappropriate Manifestation of Spiritual Belief not Discriminatory
LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2011
The EAT recently confirmed that an employer can lawfully dismiss an employee who inappropriately manifests his spiritual belief at work. The employee in this case had brought spiritualist DVDs and posters into work and it was for this, and other unsatisfactory conduct that he was dismissed. The EAT upheld the tribunal’s decision that, appreciating the[…]
Legal Representation for Meetings at Work – A Reasonable Adjustment for Disabled Employees?
LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2011
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently confirmed that it may be a reasonable adjustment for a disabled employee to have legal representation. In Yorkshire Housing Limited v Cuerden the EAT upheld the tribunal’s decision that the claimant, who suffered from a major depressive disorder and panic disorder, was put at a susbstantial disadvantage by her[…]