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Cap on public sector exit payments back on the agenda
...employment contract or otherwise. This includes paying out a fixed term contract and payments to top up an employee’s pension, as well as payments in the form of shares or share options &nb...
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Good Work Plan: Government consults on measures to address one-sided flexibility
...employment tribunals. The Government also seeks views on: Requiring employers to give workers reasonable notice of their working hours. It asks what reasonable notice might be, whether this should v...
An employee has asked about breastfeeding at work. What are our legal obligations?
...EmploymentSolicitor.Com at http://www.employmentsolicitor.com/breastfeeding-work-employers-need-know/
New guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during the coronavirus pandemic
...employment, the employer must pay the worker for any untaken leave. This will include the carried leave under the coronavirus exemption, along with any leave that the worker has accrued in the relevan...
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Settlement agreement did not discharge employee from non-compete obligations in shareholders’ agreement
...employment was not discharged from non-compete obligations contained in a shareholders’ agreement. Facts In Ideal Standard International SA v Herbert, Mr Herbert was employed by Ideal S...
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Family friendly rights: an update
...employment. Employees with 26 weeks’ continuous employment may also be entitled to statutory neonatal care pay, subject to meeting the minimum earnings tests applicable to other types of family leave....
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Raising Non-Urgent Concerns with Employee on Sick Leave Breached Implied Term of Trust and Confidence
...Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed PMI’s appeal. The employment tribunal had been entitled to find that PMI had, without reasonable and proper cause, conducted itself in a manner likely to damage o...
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Should holiday pay calculations include overtime - EAT judgment expected today at 10.30
Should holiday pay calculations include overtime - EAT judgment expected today at 10.30 The EAT will today decide whether employers should include voluntary overtime when calculating statutory holiday...
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Government Website for Gender Pay Gap Data Live
Government Website for Gender Pay Gap Data Live The Government's website for uploading gender pay gap data is now live. Employers employing 250 or more employees have to report on their gender pay ...
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Uber drivers are workers, Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms
...Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld last year’s employment tribunal ruling that Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed contractors. Speedread The...
Statutory Sick Pay rebate scheme launching on 26 May
Statutory Sick Pay rebate scheme launching on 26 May From 26 May, small and medium-sized employers will be able to claim back Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees off work due to coronavirus. The Cor...
Coronavirus job retention scheme: revised legal framework for claims submitted after 22 May
...employment. The previous rules said that the employer and employee must have agreed in writing that the employee will cease all work. The new rules say that there must be an agreement betw...
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Addison Lee refused permission to appeal worker status ruling for couriers
...Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). What was the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision? The EAT dismissed the appeal in May 2018. It ruled that the employment tribunal had been entitled to find that t...
Government publishes COVID-19 Secure Guidelines to help employers operate workplaces safely
Government publishes COVID-19 Secure Guidelines to help employers operate workplaces safely The Government has now published COVID-19 Secure Guidelines to help employers get their businesses back up a...
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TUPE: Advantageous changes to contractual terms void
...employment tribunal for the contractual termination payment. Beneficial changes agreed before the transfer are void The employment judge rejected their claim, ruling that the changes wer...
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Employment Tribunal Gives Clarification on Agency Workers' "Pay Between Assignments Contracts"
Employment Tribunal Gives Clarification on Agency Workers' "Pay Between Assignments Contracts" New employment contracts issued to agency workers by an employment agency complied with the “Swedish dero...
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Travel between Worker’s Home and First and Last Appointments is Working Time
Travel between Worker’s Home and First and Last Appointments is Working Time Time spent by mobile workers travelling from home to their first customer, and from their last customer back home, counts a...
Auf wiedersehen, pet: Can recruiting on the basis of an accent be discriminatory?
...Employment Tribunal held that he had been racially discriminated against. However in some cases an employer does have a defense: If they can show that being easily understood is an “occupational requi...
LinkedIn contacts. Whose property are they anyway?
...employment terminates. The employee will be able to inform all of their LinkedIn contacts (both those who existed pre-employment and those who were added during their employment) of the fact that they...
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Fit for Work Guidance Issued
Fit for Work Guidance Issued The Department for Work and Pensions has issued guidance on the new Fit for Work Service. Three separate guidance notes have been issued, aimed at employers, employees and...