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More employment legislation

Another Bill has been published, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill which makes changes to employment law.  A number of new provisions are proposing to be introduced for employers and employment lawyers to get to grips with next. Firstly, the Bill defines a zero hours contracts and renders any clause which tried to stop the […]

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Employment Tribunals

By way of an update, the Ministry of Justice has published tribunal statistics for January to March 2014 which show a continuation in the reduction in the number of claims since fees were introduced in July 2013.  This time the drop was around 59% for single individuals compared with the same period in 2013. Unison […]

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Challenges to the new ET Rules

By way of an update, there have been two recent pieces of news concerning employment tribunals and the changes that came into force last year. Firstly, in connection employment tribunal fees, Unison has been granted permission to appeal the failed judicial review of employment tribunal fees. Further, question time from the House of Commons has […]

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ACAS pre-claim conciliation now mandatory

Just a reminder that ACAS pre-claim conciliation is now mandatory from today. Claimants must now contact ACAS using the prescribed methods before they bring a claim to the employment tribunal if their claim involves unfair dismissal, discrimination and other common claims set out in the new legislation. If Claimants don’t confirm that they have an […]

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Employment Tribunal fees – an alternative

As Employment Tribunal fees are under the microscope an interesting alternative suggested by another blogger can be found here:   An alternative Employment Tribunal fees regime: let’s do the maths.

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Employment Tribunal Forms

A reminder that when the ACAS pre-claim conciliation becomes mandatory on 6th May the ET1 and ET3 forms will change again. Any claims or responses presented after this date on the old forms will not be accepted.

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ACAS early conciliation goes live

Today is the first working day after ACAS early conciliation came into being.  For the next month it will be optional before it becomes mandatory on 5th May 2014.  The new ACAS early conciliation website is here. Before a Claimant presents an Employment Tribunal Claim for relevant proceedings, the prospective Claimant must provide information to […]

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New ET Guidance

Sometimes it is not possible to resolve work place disputes or agree a settlement agreement and it is necessary to bring a claim before the Employment Tribunal.  The President has issued new guidance for those finding themselves in the Employment Tribunal process. Whilst not binding the Tribunal must have regard to the guidance and it […]

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Pre-claim conciliation through ACAS

On 6th April 2014, compulsory early conciliation arrives. The Regulations have now been published and when I have got to grip with the detail and mechanics I will provide a more detailed blog post about the system. As always the devil is in the detail and there is much detail. In the meantime, so you […]

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Fines for employers in the ET

New legislation comes into force for claims presented on or after 6th April 2014, which will mean for the first time employers will be ordered to pay a financial penalty for losing their case before the Employment Tribunal.  The power was provided in s16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which has now […]

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