The much talked about and long awaited protection against zero hours dismissals for workers is now in place. This is where employees are dismissed for not being exclusive to one contract. It is now unlawful to dismiss an employee on a zero hours contract if the principal reason is that he breached a contractual clause prohibiting […]
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ACAS Early conciliation one year on
It has now been just over a year since it became mandatory for the parties to use ACAS EC before proceeding with a claim before the Employment Tribunal save for in limited circumstances where the exceptions apply. ACAS have now published their annual report setting out how they have got on in the first year. […]
Childcare responsibilities
Shared parental leave will be available for parents whose child is expected to be born on or after 5th April 2015 or placed for adoption on or after that date. BIS commissioned research into attitudes towards the changes and to assess the potential take up of shared parental leave. There were approximately 2000 respondents to the […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Whistleblowing cases
The EAT in the recent decision of Blackbay Ventures Ltd t/a Chemistree v G**** set out an approach that Employment Tribunals should take when considering protected disclosure cases, which may also assist those representing clients in such cases or those bringing such cases. The EAT identified a number of steps that may be taken by the Tribunal, […]
Changing terms and conditions
In this times of tough climate it is not unheard of for employers to implement various measures to cut costs but avoid redundancies. Measures I have seen are temporary reductions in the working week, reductions in hours per day, periods of unpaid holiday and removal of many company perks. Whilst there is obviously the need to […]