Childcare vouchers during maternity leave, which were provided through salary sacrifice, would be suspended during maternity leave. Donaldson wished to join the childcare vouchers scheme but refused to join on these terms as she believed that it was discriminatory. She brought a claim instead in the Tribunal that her employer had discriminated against her on […]
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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 […]
Automatic pension enrolment
This month’s business development briefing explains the obligations that the automatic pension enrolment requirements place on a business. It is designed as a guide to some of the issues for employers and not as a definitive guide. What is auto-enrolment? From a date after October 2012, businesses will be required to automatically enrol […]
Resigning without notice
As an employer you are required to give your employee notice unless of course they have committed an act of gross misconduct. Notice can be worked, served out on garden leave or paid in lieu depending on the terms of the contract. Unfortunately not all employees give the required length of notice or any notice […]
Employment Practices Bill
The Employment Practices Bill 2014-15 has been published in draft. The bill has been little publicised and has been introduced in an attempt to tackle the potential exploitation of migrant workers but applies to all employers and workers. The main provision of the Bill relates to employers who offer an employee residential accommodation as part of […]