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    The Government has announced that it will proceed with plans to require employers who lose equal pay claims before an employment tribunal to undertake and publish equal pay audits. The proposal for imposing mandatory pay audits on employers as a means of tackling the gender pay gap was included in last year’s ‘Modern Workplaces’ consultation.[…]

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    The Government has announced the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) remit for its 2013 Report. The LPC will continue to monitor, evaluate and review the national minimum wage (NMW) and its impact, and review the levels of each of the different rates. In addition, the Government wants the LPC to pay particular attention to: • the[…]

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    The Government has announced a raft of changes to the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Equality Act amendments follow examination of the legislation as part of the Government’s ‘red tape challenge’ and include a consultation on repealing employers’ liability for third party harassment. The Home Secretary and[…]

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    A range of employment law reforms come into force in April 2012. Perhaps the most important of the Government’s employment law reforms, the increase in the unfair dismissal qualifying period, takes effect on 6 April. Other changes in April include new rates of statutory maternity pay and sick pay and amendments to the tribunal rules[…]

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    Everyone is working together to make the Olympic and Paralympic Games a great success, but there are some real issues employers need to start thinking about now. Your employees will fall largely into two groups: •those who plan to take time off during the Games because they hope to be: ◦a spectator: 6.6 million tickets[…]

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