The Tribunal statistics for the period April – June 2016 have been released. They show a marginal drop in single claims compared to the same period last year (3%) and that there has been a further increase in multiple claims by 38% for the same period. Over 15,000 claims were issued in that three month […]
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Sick leave falling
The CIPD’s annual survey on sick leave has been published which shows that the average days taken as sick leave has fallen from 7.6 days last year to 6.6 days this year. This is good news for employers as a whole although all employers have their share of those that take very little sick leave […]
Automatic pension enrolment
This month’s business briefing is on the topic of auto-enrolment of pensions. It explains the obligations on employers when it comes to auto-enrolment. What is auto-enrolment? From a date after October 2012, businesses will be required to automatically enrol eligible “jobholders” in a pension scheme. A “jobholder” will include permanent, fixed-term and temporary […]
Asda faces equal pay claims
An equal pay test case has been brought by 414 employees of Asda. The Claimants who are mostly women assert that their store roles are of equal value to higher paid positions in the Asda distribution centres which are held by mainly men. The press reports are that the case is before the Tribunal over […]
TUPE Guidance from BIS
In what seems to be the main story this month, BIS has now published its revised guidance on the TUPE Regulations 2014. In a rather snappy title, you can read more in the Employment rights on the transfer of an undertaking: a guide to the 2006 TUPE Regulations (as amended by the Collective Redundancies and […]
Service for unfair dismissal
A recent case before the EAT is a useful reminder of the consequences of re-engagement and reinstatement and the possibility that this can extinguish the original dismissal. In this case Mr Lipinski was dismissed for misconduct in March 2010. He presented an Employment Tribunal Claim for unfair dismissal and meanwhile secured employment elsewhere. That new […]
Fees in the Employment Tribunal
The new fees in the Employment Tribunal come into force on the 29th July 2013, gone will be the days of access to justice for all. Access will come with a price tag, subject of course to the possibility of a fee remission, which I hope will work well in practice to avoid those with […]