Gender pay reporting was supposed to come into force on 1st October 2016. We were expecting draft legislation over the summer. We do however understand that the Government Equalities Office has confirmed that gender pay reporting has been delayed until at least April 2017. We are expecting draft legislation in the Autumn. The proposed measures […]
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Non-payment of ET Awards
A new scheme for penalising employers who fail to pay tribunal awards or settlement sums came into force on 6 April 2016. Section 150 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 inserted the penalties into part 2A (sections 37A to 37Q) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996. The Department of Business, Innovation and […]
Gender Pay Reporting
The Government has published its draft regulations entitled The Equality Act (gender pay gap information) Regulations 2016 which are intended to come into force in October 2016. Consultation closed on 11 March 2016 on the draft regulations. The regulations are intended to implement the mandatory gender pay gap reporting duty under section 78 of the […]
National minimum wage v living wage
Ever wondered what the difference between the national minimum wage and the living wage is? Well here we explain the national minimum wage v living wage puzzle. April 2016 is due to see the introduction of the national living wage which will increase the national minimum wage to £7.20 for adults over the age of 25 […]
Employment courts online?
One of the current reforms being considered is the use of courts online including the potential for employment courts online. Lord Justice Briggs has recently been carrying out a review of civil courts to look where efficiencies can be made. The report is due out before the end of the year but will be looking […]
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Working time for mobile workers
The ECJ has handed down its decision in the case of Federacion de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones Obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL and another concerning employees who do not have a fixed place of work and spend time travelling between sites and whether this is working time within the meaning of the Directive. […]
Adoption leave and pay changes
Changes were made to adoption leave this month. Employees no longer need any qualifying service to take adoption leave but they still require the 26 weeks service to claim adoption pay. The rules concerning eligibility have been extended to parents in surrogacy arrangements who can now take time off to attend antenatal appointments. Eligible employees are also […]
Uplift on injury to feelings awards
Having thought that the matter was quite settled following the Court of Appeal decision in Simmons v Castle [2012] which established that employment tribunal claims for injury to feelings were subject to the same 10% uplift as general damages in civil claims, we now have conflicting EAT decisions. In the latest EAT decision in the […]
Genuine sickness absence?
According to a survey by healthcare provider Benenden Health, 60% of bosses do not believe the reason given by an employee for absence and 33% of managers scour social media after a sickness call to see if the employee is genuine. Having seen the worst excuses 1000 bosses and 1000 employees had heard for taking […]