The HM Courts and Tribunal Service has announced plans to introduce a new online database of employment tribunal decisions. This will take the form of a new database which anyone can search online. It is expected to go live this Autumn. It will include judgments from England, Wales and Scotland and will initially only cover […]
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Latest Tribunal Statistics
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 […]
Non-payment of ET Awards
A new scheme for penalising employers who fail to pay tribunal awards or settlement sums came into force on 6 April 2016. Section 150 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 inserted the penalties into part 2A (sections 37A to 37Q) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996. The Department of Business, Innovation and […]
National Minimum Wage v Living Wage
It is worth noting that the new national living wage is in fact a new tier of the national minimum wage for the over 25’s. This is not be confused with the living wage which is voluntary and concerns the basic cost of living. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has issued guidance on […]
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 […]
New limits on week’s pay and compensatory awards
This year there is a move away from the annual change to a week’s pay and the maximum compensatory award which has always traditionally taken place in February for the last few years. Instead this year there will be an increase on 6th April 2014. The Employment Rights (Increase to Limits) Order 2014 reflects an […]
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 […]