An EAT case* heard in March underlines the importance to employers of ensuring effectively that employee communication during the redundancy process is not overlooked. In a redundancy situation, an employee who unreasonably refuses an offer of suitable alternative employment made before termination or within four weeks of it has no entitlement to a redundancy payment. […]
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To become more attractive to non-UK companies […]
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The Equality Bill 2009 is currently being debated in Parliament, with simultaneous public consultation on specific provisions including the proposed extension of age discrimination laws to the provision of services. The Bill is designed to replace and simplify all existing anti-discrimination legislation in relation to the 9 “protected characteristics” of gender, marital/civil partnership status, sexuality, […]
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Following the recent G20 summit in Pittsburgh in September 2009, it appears that a blank cheque has been written for financial services sector regulation […]
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The service is available to employers and workers for information and advice, and to report breaches of national minimum wage, employment agency standards, working time rules and other matters […]
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International athletes who attend sporting events in the UK may be subjected to UK tax on a higher proportion of their worldwide earnings than has previously been the case before.
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The Government will increase the weekly limit for calculating statutory redundancy pay from £350 to £380 on 1 October 2009. […]
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that, under the terms of the employment contract, an employee was entitled to a payment in lieu of untaken holiday accrued over the full period of seven and a half years of employment, rather than just in her final year. […]
The proposals aim to provide protection against multiple discrimination without placing undue burden on businesses. […]
An employee is protected from suffering detriment at work or being dismissed as a result of a notification of malpractice made in good faith either to their employer or, in certain circumstances, a third party (such as a regulator or statutory body) known as a “protected disclosure”. […]
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