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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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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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 […]
Care needs to be taken before settling discrimination claims until legislative fault is corrected. […]
Read More… from Ability to compromise discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 in doubt
The Supreme Court confirm the timing of the effective date of termination (“EDT”) of employment on summary dismissal – a key date for vesting of rights under incentive plans. […]
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Key objectives which will provide the framework for the EU’s revised protection of personal data legislation. […]
When determining whether to award a discretionary bonus or not the key issue for the Courts to look at is whether the employer’s decision was irrational or perverse and not whether the employees performance was sufficient to justify a bonus. […]
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The UK Equality Act 2010 (the “Act”) covers all areas of equality and discrimination legislation. The Codes of Practice (the “Codes”) are key to understanding the new obligations under the Act. […]
Read More… from The EHRC have published draft Codes of Practice on the Equality Act 2010 (the “Act”)
All organisations doing any business in the UK need to take active steps to manage the risk of criminal liability under this new UK Bribery Act 2010 […]
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The UK government is actively considering increasing the qualification requirement for protection from dismissal from one to two years as a means of increasing employment. […]
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