Employment tribunal payments to rise
The Government has announced increases to the limits for Employment Tribunal awards and related payments. These will come into effect from 1st February 2013. Redundancy payments When calculating...
View ArticleChanges to the compensation for unfair dismissal claims:
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“Act”) introduced changes to the maximum value of compensatory awards for unfair dismissal. Previously compensation for unfair dismissal consists of two...
View ArticleUnfair dismissal and the range of reasonable responses
When an Employment Tribunal is assessing whether an employer has dismissed someone fairly they must not think what they would have done. Instead they should look at whether the employer’s decision to...
View ArticleNew ACAS guidance for something that is not all new
The Government has been running a campaign to reduce the amount of “red-tape” that business has to deal with. There is no definition of “red tape” but the thrust of the campaign is to get rid of...
View ArticleUpdate on the compensatory award
There are two elements of compensation payable to an employee found to have been unfairly dismissed by an employment tribunal. The first element is the basic award and the second element is the...
View ArticleEarly update on early conciliation
Since 6 May 2014, early conciliation has been a compulsory requirement for all workplace disputes heading to the employment tribunal. The stated aim of early conciliation is to try and resolve the...
View ArticlePay and Pay Equality
The British are notoriously bad at discussing money, so the stereotype goes, but pay and pay equality have very much been in the news in recent weeks. HMRC have released details of the (frankly...
View ArticleEmployment Law- Do you know your rights?
Employment Law- Do you know your rights? The Conservative party have said they will give employees a statutory right to unpaid carers leave in order to look after elderly relatives but what are some of...
View ArticleSome Things in Life are Guaranteed to be Satisfying
Some things in life are guaranteed to be satisfying, like having some down-time after a hard week, taking off high heels at the end of the day, getting into a freshly made bed and receiving good...
View ArticleTop Ten Tips for Avoiding Discrimination in Recruitment
The Equality Act 2010 outlaws discrimination in employment in relation to nine “protected characteristics”: age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and...
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