Under the Employment Tribunal Rules which came into force in July 2013, at a preliminary hearing, if an Employment Judge considers that any specific allegation or argument in a claim or response has little reasonable prospect of success, they can make an order requiring a deposit to be paid as a condition of continuing that […]
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Time off for dependents
Time off for dependents is in practice frequently used by employees when issues arise at home, which take them away from the work place. The employee has a right to time off for dependents in emergencies but there is no right to payment. There is also a claim for employees of automatic unfair dismissal if […]
Online and e-mail risks
All employees should be aware of the risks when using e-mail and the internet at work, sending work related e-mails or discussing the workplace on the internet. Reputational risks What you write in e-mails or on the internet could seriously damage your own or another person’s reputation, you could lose your job and you and […]
ACAS guidance on shared parental leave
ACAS has now published guidance on the new shared parental leave rules. The new rules are due to come into effect in December 2014 and the guidance sets out best practice for employers and employees as well as containing a number of useful documents including a shared parental leave policy. The guidance is available here.
Shared parental leave guidance
In preparation for the forthcoming family friendly changes to legislation, the Government has issued two forms of guidance on shared parental leave. The first is for employers and explains the changes which will take effect for babies due to be born on or after 1st October 2015 and is a guide for employers. You can read this here. […]
Maternity Leave around the world
I have been referred to a very interesting infographic about maternity leave around the world, which I thought I would share as it was very pictorially informative. To have a look at maternity leave around the world click here.
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 […]
Military reservists
New laws will come into force on 1st October 2014 concerning military reservists. The statutory qualifying period will be removed where the dismissal is connected with the employee’s membership of the Reserve Forces such as the Territorial Army, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Auxiliary Air Force and Royal Marines Reserves. The statutory qualifying period for unfair […]
Discrimination and paternity pay
An Employment Tribunal has rejected a male employee’s claim for direct and indirect sex discrimination following his employer’s (Ford Motor Company) failure to pay enhanced additional paternity pay. The Tribunal rejected the employee’s argument that the correct comparator was a woman who was on maternity leave after 20 weeks following the birth of a child, […]
Dress Codes
Issues around dress and personal hygiene are always difficult conversations that many employers simply hate to have. Having a dress code in place spelling out what many would see as obvious can assist with ensuring that staff have a uniform approach to dress at work even if this is not a uniform in the traditional […]
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