Employment
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“Red Tape Challenge”
CODE: GREEN ongoing In 2011 the Government launched its “Red Tape Challenge”, a scheme that intends to boost economic growth ...
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Date for Compensatory Cap announced!
CODE: GREEN In our 13th June blog, we informed you of the Government’s decision to limit the compensatory award for unfair dismissa...
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First legal challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal fees
CODE: GREEN In the first interim hearing concerning the legal challenge to the introduction of tribunal fees, the Court of Session in Sco...
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Draft Deregulation Bill 2013 published
CODE: AMBER The Government has now published the draft Deregulation Bill 2013 which is intended to remove some of the legislative burdens...
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Settlement Agreements
CODE: GREEN From 29 July, Compromise Agreements will be renamed Settlement Agreements and new rules on the admissibility of pre terminati...
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Tuesday 25th June – A big day for changes in Employment Law
CODE: GREEN!! In our 29 April 2013 blog we informed you of new laws coming into force on 25th June 2013, well today is the day! Some key ...
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Protect yourself! Tribunal claims are on the increase…
Annual Employment Tribunal statistics for the year ending 31 March 2013 have now been published – click here to view them. They sho...
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New laws in force from 6 April 2014
CODE: Amber 1. the introduction of Acas early conciliation periods requiring claimants to contact Acas with details of their claim to be...
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New tribunal penalties for employers
CODE: Green Following from our blog post on 21 March, we confirm that for tribunal claims presented from 25 October 2013, Tribunals will...
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Reduced Limit on Tribunal Compensatory Awards
CODE: GREEN As set out in The Unfair Dismissal (Variation of the Limit of Compensatory Award) Order 2013, the Government has decided to l...
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Expect a stampede of tribunal claims…now!
CODE: GREEN Employment Tribunal (and Employment Appeal Tribunal) fees for Claimants are being introduced on Monday 29 July 2013. See our ...
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Code of Practice on Settlement Agreements published
CODE GREEN Further to our 8 March 2013 blog, Acas has now published its ‘Code of Practice on Settlement Agreements (under Section 1...
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Expect a stampede of Tribunal claims….
CODE: GREEN Although we do not as yet have the date of the introduction of employment tribunals fees other than “Summer 2013”...
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New laws in force from 25 June 2013
CODE: GREEN The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has received Royal Assent and the following will come into force on 25th June 2...
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Employee Shareholder status to come in to force (finally!)
CODE: GREEN The long running saga as to whether ’employer shareholder’ status will come into effect has ended. Following our ...
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National Minimum Wage
CODE: GREEN In their 2013 report, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) made the following recommendations for national minimum wage rates which t...