The recommendations mean that employers are now closer to previous and less costly collective redundancy rules.
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Bonus Linked to Attendance Record Amounted to Discrimination
By way of background, the Equality Act 2010 prohibits discrimination which arises from an employee’s disability.
Read More »Shared Parental Leave Calculator
As our readers will be aware, for parents of babies due on or after 5 April 2015 a new system of “shared parental leave” will be available.
Read More »Spring changes to statutory rates for employers
As usual, from April, various statutory pay rates (e.g. SMP) will increase. It is important ...
Read More »Acceptance of sick pay was one fatal factor to constructive dismissal claim
The recent case of Mari v Reuters Ltd has considered whether an employee who delayed ...
Read More »Recruitment Consultant admits changing doctors’ CVs to secure jobs
A recruitment consultant who made changes to CVs of doctors to secure them jobs has given a suspended sentence
Read More »All you need is… policies: office romances need not lead to a St. Valentine’s Day massacre
Staff should be reminded that they are expected to remain professional at all times and that personal issues must not be brought into work
Read More »UK employment tribunal considers obesity a disability
An employment tribunal in Northern Ireland has become the first in the UK to consider obesity a disability
Read More »Paying in lieu of Holiday pay
Mr King was not an ‘employee’ but could still bring a complaint of unpaid holiday.
Read More »Tweeters beware…decision to dismiss employee for offensive non-work related tweet, held as potentially fair by EAT
Decision to dismiss employee for offensive non-work related tweet, held as potentially fair
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