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 […]
Category: Employment/Labour Law
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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Effective date of termination of employment – impact on incentive plans
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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Proposals for the protection of personal data finally published by the European Commission (the “Commission”)
Key objectives which will provide the framework for the EU’s revised protection of personal data legislation. […]
Employers may withhold discretionary bonuses even where performance is satisfactory
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 EHRC have published draft Codes of Practice on the Equality Act 2010 (the “Act”)
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. […]
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Bribery Act 2010 – ALERT – Are you compliant?
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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Government considers making it easier to dismiss employees
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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Government maternity and new additional paternity leave rights guide
Male employees with parental responsibility for babies that are due to be born or placed for adoption on or after 3 April 2011 will have the right to take part of their partner’s maternity leave as “additional paternity leave”. […]
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Repeal of the Default Retirement Age (“DRA”)
The DRA was abolished with effect from 6 April 2011 subject to transitional provisions (see Transitional Proceedings below). […]
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