On 1 October 2011 the Agency Workers Regulations will come into force. The Regulations entitle agency workers to certain new rights after 12 weeks in the same role. In readiness for the new Regulations here are 5 key things your organisaton needs to know: Is it just recruitment agencies that are responsible for complying with[…]
The annual statistics for employment tribunals and the EAT for April 2010 to March 2011 have been published. The statistics show an 8 per cent fall in the number of claims received by tribunals when compared with 2010, and a 9 per cent rise in the number of disposals. Conversely, the number of appeals to[…]
The EAT has decided in the case of Wray v JW Lees & Co, that whether time spent by a temporary pub manager on the employer’s premises overnight fell to be taken into account for the purpose of being paid the national minimum wage depended solely on the relevant provisions of the National Minimum Wage[…]