Just a reminder that the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 has brought into force the ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts. If you are an employer who uses such contracts now would be a good time to review your contractual provisions if you have not already done so.
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Zero hours exclusivity ban now in force
Just a reminder that the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 has brought into force the ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts. If you are an employer who uses such contracts now would be a good time to review your contractual provisions if you have not already done so.
Increases to maternity pay and sick pay
Various statutory payments will rise by 1% in the tax year 2015-2016. As of 5th April 2015, statutory maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave payments will all increase to £139.58 a week up from the existing £138.18. Statutory sick pay will also increase to £88.45 per week up from £87.55 on 6th April 2015.
Discovering misconduct later
The Claimant brought a High Court action against Leeds United Football Club for wrongful dismissal for his 12 month notice period. He was a technical director with 7 year’s service on a salary of approximately £200,000 per annum and a 12 month notice period. He was serving his notice by reason of redundancy when management […]
Deductions from Wages
Following the Bear Scotland case the Government was concerned about a big liability for employers with employees bringing claims going back many years. A Government taskforce was put together and in a very swift act of legislation the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 has now been born. The Regulations will limit unlawful deduction from […]
Introducing restrictions in contracts
It can be common for employers to seek to tighten up existing restrictions when issuing a new contract to ensure that the restrictions are still relevant for the individual and the business. Sometimes an employer will seek to introduce restrictions for the first time. A High Court case is a useful reminder that the employer […]
Payment in lieu of holiday
The Tribunal ruled that a worker was entitled to payment in lieu of holiday for previous holiday years as he had not been able to take the leave. Whilst the EAT did allow an appeal against the decision in the case of The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King this was because the […]
Sick leave falling
The CIPD’s annual survey on sick leave has been published which shows that the average days taken as sick leave has fallen from 7.6 days last year to 6.6 days this year. This is good news for employers as a whole although all employers have their share of those that take very little sick leave […]
Changes from 1st October
Not only has the 1st October brought Autumn, it has also brought a number of changes in the employment law arena. Firstly, the reservists changes (as featured in my last post) are now in effect. Also on the 1st October, fathers and partners of expectant mothers were given the right to unpaid time off to […]
Zero hours consultation
Another consultation has been launched by the Government until 3rd November 2014. Having decided over the summer to introduce a ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts in due course, the Government consultation is primarily around making sure that employers do not circumvent the ban and ways to avoid them doing so. […]
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