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29 May 2013
The Queen's Speech, containing the Government's latest legislative programme, took place on 8 May 2013. The announcements relevant to employment law included:...
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Continuity of employment - beware an early start Summary: Can an employee's start date be brought forward by, for example, attending a...
02 May 2013
The following National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates will come into effect on 1 October 2013: adult rate: increase by 12p to £6.31...
In last month's March Newsletter we informed you that the House of Lords voted (by 232 to 178) against introducing the concept...
As covered in our March newsletter, on 6 April new collective redundancy regulations came into force which mean that where 100 or...
Disability Discrimination - cause and effect of obesity Summary: In considering whether a person is disabled, should the focus be upon the...
31 March 2013
It continues to be a busy year for HR/employment law changes and, in order to keep us up to date, the Government...
The Government had intended to introduce the new concept of employee shareholder status. As a reminder, this intends to allow employees to...
On 25 February 2013 the Government published a consultation document, available here, seeking views on how the shared parental leave scheme (to...
Unfair dismissal: Warning bells... Summary: In what circumstances should a Tribunal consider whether a final written warning, subsequently relied on in deciding...
28 February 2013
ACAS is consulting on a draft statutory code of practice to accompany the provisions on settlement agreements in ERRB (see our January...
Whistle-blowing - protection for ex-worker disclosures Summary: Can disclosure of information after employment ends be a protected disclosure under the whistle-blowing provisions?...
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