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The Government is set to double the civil penalty for employing illegal workers from £10,000 to £20,000 from May 2014. In addition to this, the Government is increasing the maximum fine for employers paying below the minimum wage from £5000... Read more
Summary: Does dismissal for absence due to post-natal depression after maternity leave amount to sex and/or pregnancy discrimination? No, says the EAT in Lyons v DWP Jobcentre Plus . Facts: The employee took ordinary maternity leave of six months, with six weeks annual leave following... Read more
Summary: Is an employer required to follow the decision of an independent appeal panel which it has instructed to conduct an employee’s appeal against their dismissal? No, says the EAT in Kisoka v Ratnpinyotip (t/a Rydevale Day Nursery) . Facts: A small fire broke out in the... Read more
It’s April and after the egg-citement (sorry!) of the long Easter weekend it’s back to work. However, there seems to have been an Easter holiday slowdown as there is not a lot to update you on in terms of HR/employment... Read more
From 6 April 2014 employers can reduce their National Insurance Contribution (NIC) bill by £2,000, called the “employment allowance”. In order to do so employers need to remember to claim for the allowance. The employment allowance can be claimed by... Read more
From 6 April 2014, employers can no longer reclaim any SSP from the Government. This brings an end to the previous regime which allowed employers to reclaim any amount of SSP which exceeded 13% of its monthly national insurance contributions. ... Read more
What do we already know? The new Early Conciliation Rules of Procedure (EC) came into force on 6 April 2014. Any new requests for conciliation from that date will be treated as EC. However, the EC process will only be... Read more
What do we already know? The new Early Conciliation Rules of Procedure (EC) came into force on Sunday 6 April 2014. Any new requests for conciliation from that date will be treated as EC. However, the EC process will only... Read more
The following National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates will come into effect on 1 October 2014: adult rate: increase by 19p to £6.50 an hour; 18-20 year olds: increase by 10p to £5.13 an hour; 16-17 year olds: increase by 7p... Read more
What do we already know? In November 2012 the Government announced that it intended to introduce a new system of statutory parental rights to allow both partners to take leave at the same time for babies due on or after... Read more
Summary: Can an employer harmonise terms and conditions following a TUPE transfer without unfairly dismissing employees, if a redundancy process has taken place, but where such process is not connected to the employees’ dismissal? No, says the Court of Appeal... Read more
Summary: Is an employee’s covert recording of his or her employer’s private discussions during a grievance and disciplinary hearing admissible in evidence at Tribunal? Yes, says the EAT in Punjab National Bank v Gosain available here . Facts: The employee secretly... Read more
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