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In Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd and ors, the ECJ has held that, where a worker’s pay ordinarily includes commission, his or her salary should not be reduced to basic pay in periods following annual leave because he or she has been unable to earn commission while on annual leave. Such a practice would[…]
UNISON has been granted permission to appeal against the High Court’s decision (Brief 992) to reject its judicial review challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal and EAT fees on 29 July 2013. According to UNISON, the Court of Appeal decided on the papers that ‘the basis of the issue is of sufficient general importance[…]
The early conciliation (EC) scheme – under which anyone considering bringing an employment tribunal claim must first contact Acas to see whether the dispute can be resolved through conciliation – came into force on 6 April 2014 for a transitional month, during which parties could undertake EC if they so wished but were not obliged[…]
As of today, the time period for a transferor to provide employee liability information to a transferee increases from 14 days to 28 days before the transfer. This applies only apply to TUPE transfers that take place on or after 1 May 2014. Further, from Tuesday (6th May), it becomes compulsory to notify Acas of[…]