Following a review of the Takeover Code a number of changes were made. Provisions affected by these changes include those relating to employee information rights and buyer intention statements. […]
Category: Employment/Labour Law
Compensation & Benefits: Normal minimum pension age set to rise to 55 from 6 April 2010
As a general rule a member of a UK registered pension scheme must reach a specified age before he can draw his pension, the normal minimum pension age (“NMPA”). This will rise from 50 to 55 on 6 April 2010. […]
Employment: Consultation equal treatment of agency workers
Last May the UK government reached an accord with the employees and employers bodies (the TUC and CBI) which broke a 9 year deadlock on the proposed EU Agency Workers Directive. Agency staff to have the same pay and conditions as “end user” employees The Directive proposes new rights for workers who are supplied to […]
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Employment: The High Court limits damages in wrongful dismissal cases
Court confirms limit on damages for failure to follow contractual disciplinary procedure […]
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Employment: Application of UK employment legislation to a worker travelling from one place to another
The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has upheld a decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a seaman employed on a ship registered outside Great Britain can bring an unfair dismissal claim in the UK […]
Compensation & Benefits: Publication of proposals from EHRC to reduce gender pay gap
Last year we reported that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) had been asked by the Government to review private sector pay arrangements in an attempt to increase transparency in the area of pay and narrow the pay gap between men and woman. […]
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Employment: Reduced compensation limit for unfair dismissal from February 2010
The Employment Rights (Revisions of Limits) Order 2009 sets out a new, reduced, upper limit on awards for unfair dismissal, effective from 1 February 2010. […]
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Employment: Proposed Equality Act: Codes and new guidance in development by EHRC
In anticipation of the current Equality Bill coming into force, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) has been working on producing associated statutory Codes of Practice together with non-statutory guidance. […]
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Employment: New legal right to request time off to train
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (the “Act”), the main provisions of which come into force for businesses with 250 or more employees in April 2010, will give certain qualifying employees the right to request time off from work to train or study. […]
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Employment: New regulations to implement the Temporary Agency Workers Directive
Following consultations in 2009, the regulations implementing the EU Temporary Agency Workers Directive, the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (the “Regulations”), have been laid before Parliament. […]
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