Stress at work kept 51% of workers surveyed in a recent BUPA survey awake at night while 42% of those surveyed said stress at work had ruined their life. More than 53 % reported that a poor work-life balance made them feel unwell and 64% of respondents said that they would be more productive at […]
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Zero Hours Guidance
The Department of Business Innovations and Skills has issued new zero hours guidance for employers who use zero hours contracts. The Guidance sets out what zero hour contracts are, their uses and alternative suggestions. They also provide best practice guidance for employers. For those who either use such contracts in practice or are considering doing 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.
Twitter and dismissal
The first case involving a dismissal for comments published on Twitter has made the EAT. In this case, the employee had a personal account not linked to his employer Game Retail Ltd but was followed by about 35 stores. He made offensive comments that were not work related but a fellow manager complained to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Employment Tribunal claims
Whilst the official figures are not released until December 2013, the Ministry of Justice has published provisional figures for employment tribunal claims received for the key period in the run up to and following the introduction of fees in July 2013. There was no significant change in the number of claims received of around 40,000 […]
Employee engagement
Part of the beauty of adopting employment law best practice is that not only can it save the business costs in the long run but it can increase employee engagement if handled correctly. It can work in the converse if you are the sort of business that has never had written contracts of employment or […]