The Ministry of Justice has published guidance for individuals on Employment Tribunal fees. It has also published further guidance on whether individuals need to pay these fees.
Month: July 2013
Working time holiday
You may recall all the controversy over the decisions from the ECJ over statutory holiday under the Working Time Directive and the Regulations implemented in the UK. In particular, this centred around whether employees who were off sick accrued working time holiday and whether this should be paid or rolled over. The decisions kept employment […]
Employment Agencies
The Government has published its response to consultation on reforming the current legislation concerning employment agencies and employment businesses. It will adopt a number of proposals not least of all the removal of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations and the Employment Agencies Act introduced over the last 40 years. They are […]
National Minimum Wage rises for October
The summer is a traditionally quiet period for employment news as everyone heads off for their summer holidays. Some Courts break for the summer recess and everyone is busy enjoying the British summer. Well on a quiet news day, I thought I would share a forthcoming change in employment law or rather a raise in […]
Employee status for shareholders
The Employment Rights Act will be amended from 1st September 2013 to include a new employment status of employee shareholder to sit along side the existing statuses of self-employed, worker and employee. Whether there is such a demand for employee shareholders remains to be seen. It is a case of watch this space.
Code of Practice for Settlement Agreements
Following on from my post earlier this month, ACAS have now published their Code of Practice on Settlement Agreements. In case you didn’t know, settlement agreements will be the new name for compromise agreements from the 29th July 2013. Check out my earlier post under the Compromise Agreement/Settlement Agreement category on the right.
New caps on unfair dismissal claims
Another huge change comes into force on 29th July 2013, which is often neglected by the press but will impact on a huge number of people is the new cap on unfair dismissal claims. Following consultation, the cap on unfair dismissal claims will either be the current limit of £74,200 or one year’s gross pay […]
Final word on the Employment Tribunal Rules
In the last of my series of blog posts on the new rules of procedure in the Employment Tribunal, I will be mopping up with any left over provisions not yet highlighted. Firstly, I have already mentioned the right to have decisions and orders reconsidered. This is new terminology for the Employment Tribunal and replaces […]
Fees in the Employment Tribunal
The new fees in the Employment Tribunal come into force on the 29th July 2013, gone will be the days of access to justice for all. Access will come with a price tag, subject of course to the possibility of a fee remission, which I hope will work well in practice to avoid those with […]
Case management in the Employment Tribunal
In the second of my blogs on the new Employment Tribunal rules, I am covering case management in the new world. Many of the rules of old remain unchanged just rewritten in a more simple plain english approach. One example of this is in the change by removing the old Rule 11(4) about copying the other […]