Employment law
Employment Law Update September 2014
EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2014 Government to crack down on zero hours contracts The Government has announced that it is to crackdown on the abuse of zero hours contracts (ZHCs) by banning the use of exclusivity clauses in increasing availability...
Employment Law Update July 2014
Employment Law Update July 2014 Duty to inform and consult under TUPE for micro business There has been a good deal of criticism about the duty to inform and consult with employee representatives or recognised trade unions under the TUPE...
Employment Law Update June 2014
Employment Law Update June 2014 Right to Request Flexible Working From 30th June 2014, under the Children and Families Act 2014 all employees with at least 26 weeks continuous service will have the right to request flexible working. The statutory...
Employment Law Update May 2014
Employment Law Update May 2014 Time frame for providing employee liability information under TUPE amended 1 May 2014 Under the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 the timeframe for the transferor to provide employee...
Employment Law Update April 2014
Employment Law Update April 2014 ACAS’ Early Conciliation Service is to begin on 6 April 2014 From this date, anyone wishing to lodge a tribunal claim will have to notify ACAS first. ACAS will offer Early Conciliation with the objective...
Employment Law Update March 2014
Employment Law Update March 2014 Changes to Statutory Sick Pay (Maintenance of Records) Regulations 2014 Prior to 6th April 2014 the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 have required employers to maintain particular records of employee sickness absence and payment...
Employment Law Update February 2014
Employment Law Update February 2014 Organisations with 250 or more employees were required to begin auto-enrolment on 1 October 2012 ending on 1 February 2014. Businesses with 50 to 249 employees must begin auto-enrolment between 1 April 2014 and 1...
Employment Law Update January 2014
Employment Law Update January 2014 In 2014 further TUPE related changes will be introduced: Activities undertaken after the service provision change must be “fundamentally or essentially the same” as those undertaken before if TUPE is to apply. The current requirement...
More changes to holiday pay?
More changes to holiday pay? Readers may be familiar with the ruling in the case of Stringer v HMRC (2009) which changed the rules regarding accrual of annual leave entitlement whilst on long term absence. Then in 2012 the European...
Employment Law Update October 2013
Employment Law Update October 2013 EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDERS In HR we have become used to the distinction between employees and workers. Employees have the benefit of all employment rights and all employees are workers. There are, however, some people in work...