The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 25 March 2015.
The Act includes a number of provisions of interest to employers, including:
- A requirement to introduce compulsory gender pay reporting for employers with 250 or more employees. For more information see our update.
Annual whistleblowing reports by prescribed persons. For further information see our update. Financial penalties for employers who do not pay employment tribunal awards or sums due under an Acas COT3. The penalty will be 50% of the unpaid sum, subject to a minimum of £100 and a maximum of £5,000 and will be paid to the government. In addition the government has announced that it proposes to name and shame employers that have been issued with a penalty. A limit on the number of postponements of tribunal hearings and costs consequences where a successful postponement application is made less than seven days before a hearing. A power to increase national minimum wage fines by applying the maximum penalty on a per worker basis. A ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts. Provisions on public sector exit payments. None of the provisions are currently in force.
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