• May 2014

    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[…]

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    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[…]

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