New measures crack down on unpaid tribunal awards […]
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Category: Employment/Labour Law
Employment: Repeal of statutory dismissal and grievance procedures
It is almost universally agreed that the statutory dismissal and grievance procedures introduced in 2004 have failed in their stated objective of reducing the amount of claims going to employment tribunals […]
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Employment: New criminal offences to counter corporate corruption
On 8 April 2010 the Bribery Bill received Royal Assent. No date has yet been set for the new Act to come into force, however it represents a complete overhaul of corporate obligations in relation to bribery and corruption. The maximum penalty for offences under the Act is 10 years’ imprisonment or an unlimited fine […]
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Employment: Information Commissioner hikes annual data controller notification fees
It is a legal requirement for organisations to register with the Information Commissioner if they process personal data relating to living individuals. As the definition of “processing personal data” is wide enough to include holding of names on customer lists and employee payroll details, every business is “data controller”. The registration is renewable annually. […]
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Compensation & Benefits: Extension to paternity leave revisited – employers fear administrative burdens and scope for fraud
The government will shortly be consulting on proposals to allow fathers to “share” some of a mother’s maternity leave entitlement.
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Employment: EAT rules “field breaks” count toward annual leave
Employment: EAT rules “field breaks” count toward annual leave […]
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Employment: Government brings forward review of default retirement age
The government has announced that the review of the default retirement age (“DRA”), originally scheduled for 2011, will be brought forward to 2010. It is expected that any changes to the DRA will not be implemented until 2011. […]
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Employment: Increase in Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay rates
The rate of Statutory Sick Pay for qualifying periods of sickness absence commencing on or after 6 April 2009 is £79.15 per week (£15.83 per day for employees with five qualifying days per week) […]
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Employment: Equality Act passed
On 6 April 2010 the Equality Bill as amended by the House of Lords was passed without further change by the House of Commons. It received Royal Assent on 8 April and the majority of its provisions are expected to come into force in October 2010 […]
Ability to compromise discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 in doubt
Care needs to be taken before settling discrimination claims until legislative fault is corrected. […]
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