Since the Coalition Government came to power in 2010, it has undertaken an intensive programme of employment law reform as part of its Parliament-long Employment Law Review and the employment-related aspects of its ‘Red Tape Challenge’. While we have already seen significant changes, such as the increase in the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal,[…]
In Neal v Freightliner Ltd an employment tribunal has held that a freight worker was entitled to have overtime payments and shift premia counted towards his holiday pay. The payments were intrinsically linked to the performance of the tasks he was required to carry out under his contract of employment. Consequently, they should be taken[…]
The Government has outlined a further raft of measures as part of its Parliament-long Review of Employment Law and the Red Tape Challenge. It has begun a call for evidence on current legislation on whistleblowing and published its responses to consultations on how early conciliation will work in practice and on changes to the rules[…]
The Government has published a consultation on proposals to strengthen and simplify the current civil penalty scheme, which is aimed at preventing illegal migrant working. Since 1997 employers have had a responsibility to check that their employees have the right to work in the United Kingdom and, since 2008, this has been underpinned by a[…]
Duty to consult over collective redundancies applies irrespective of where workers are based.
LATEST NEWS Jul 03, 2013
In Usdaw v Ethel Austin Ltd (in administration) and another case the EAT has held that the words ‘at one establishment’ in S.188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 must be deleted to ensure compliance with the EU Collective Redundancies Directive (No.98/59). The duty to consult over collective redundancies is therefore[…]
