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• Breaking News - Holiday Pay

  04/11/2014
  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has, this morning, handed down judgment in Bear Scotland v Fulton (and conjoined cases)...

• Holiday Pay... Latest Development

  21/10/2014
  You may recall that there are some significant developments around holiday and holiday pay that we reported back in June (see news item)...

• Holiday Pay, Commission and Overtime

  05/06/2014
  Following a number of cases challenging the calculation of holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations (WTR), employers are facing the risk of additional costs...

• Payment for Sleeping on the Job

  02/01/2014
  Does the national minimum wage (NMW) apply to workers who are allowed to sleep on the job? In a recent case a care worker staying overnight was entitled to the minimum wage even when sleeping...

• Employment Law Changes for 2014

  02/12/2013
  We are fast approaching 2014 so we have provided a summary of the various changes in employment law that we are expecting...

• Employment Tribunal Statistics - since the introduction of fees...

  21/11/2013
  The first indications of the impact of the new fee structure for employment tribunals have started to come through ...

• Restrictive Covenants can be Enforceable

  03/10/2013
  The recent case of Romero Insurance Brokers v Templeton Ltd provides an example of the successful use of restrictive covenants...

• Third Party Harrassment

  01/10/2013
  As previously reported, the third party harassment under the Equality Act 2010 (i...

• National Minimum Wage Reminder

  01/10/2013
  The National Minimum Wage increases from today (1st October 2013) and are as follows:  adult rate - £6...

• Sickness Absence and Holiday Pay

  18/09/2013
  In July 2012, the Court of Appeal ruled that an employee on long-term sick leave is entitled to carry holiday leave forward to the next year, even if no specific request had been made to do so...

• Third Party Harrassment Law Repealed

  11/09/2013
  Under the Equality Act 2010 an employer can be vicariously liable for harassment by a third party (such as a customer or a contractor) if (a) that third party had harassed an employee on at least two previous occasions; and (b) the employer had failed to take reasonably practicable steps to stop the harassment...

• Tupe Consultation - Government Response Published

  06/09/2013
  Earlier this year the government launched it consultation to seek views on a number of proposals to amend the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations...

• Custom & Practice and Enhanced Redundancy Payments

  05/09/2013
  The recent case of Shumba & others v Park Cakes Ltd (31st July 2013) provided guidance on when payments can become contractually binding through custom and practice...

• Must holiday pay include overtime?

  29/08/2013
  It has widely been understood that when calculating holiday entitlement 'voluntary' overtime payments are not included...

• National Minimum Wage Enforcement:

  22/08/2013
  In the 2012-13 tax year, HMRC handed out automatic penalty charges of up to £5,000...

• Fees for Employment Tribunals Introduced

  29/07/2013
  New fees for making a claim to an Employment Tribunal have been introduced from today (29th July 2013)...

• More Dates for Changes

  12/06/2013
  It is going to be a busy time for employment law changes and the Government have now published an updated timetable for the provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2012 which makes various reforms to employment law...