Employment Law Brief

Reimbursement of Fees Paid by Union

Friday, 14 August 2015

Can a number of discrete fixed-term contracts be linked by a series of similar acts of less favourable treatment spanning the entire period of the engagement?

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Illegal Working - Is your workplace at risk in the government crackdown?

Friday, 14 August 2015

On 10 August 2015, the Government announced a crackdown on businesses that employ illegal workers.

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Public Sector Exit Payments - The end of the six figure pay-out?

Friday, 14 August 2015

In May, the government announced its proposal to introduce a cap of £95,000 on exit payments for public sector employees, following a review of the total cost of exit payments with the public sector.

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Shared Parental Leave - What You Need to Know

Friday, 07 August 2015

The Shared Parental Leave provisions came into force in April 2015 and as such you may be receiving Shared Parental Leave requests from your employees.

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Consultation on Preventing the Term 'Apprentice' from Being Misused

Friday, 07 August 2015

Further to our previous article about the government's intention to make the term 'apprenticeship' legally protected, the government has now opened a consultation seeking views on how best to implement this intention.

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Hot Topic - Reforms to Industrial Action Laws and Trade Union Recognition

Friday, 07 August 2015

We reported recently on the consultation being undertaken on the Trade Union Bill.

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Extensions of Time - What happens when there are two respondents?

Friday, 07 August 2015

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case held that an Employment Tribunal (ET) must consider the position of different Respondents separately when considering extension of time.

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'Working with Women' - Jeremy Corbyn's Proposals for Employment Law

Friday, 07 August 2015

Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn, has released a document entitled 'Working with Women'.

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Introduction of the 40% Support Threshold for Industrial Action Affecting Important Public Services - What are your views?

Friday, 31 July 2015

The Government intends to make it law that workers involved in providing important public services may only take part in official industrial action if:

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Consultation on Taxation of Termination Payments Opens

Friday, 31 July 2015

Following the report by the Office of Tax Simplification into their review of the current system for the taxation of termination payments in July 2014, the government has launched a consultation.

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Discrimination Ruling - Unfavourable Treatment is Not the Same as Detriment

Friday, 31 July 2015

In the recent case of The Trustees of Swansea University Pension & Assurance Scheme and another v Williams, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided guidance on the meaning of 'unfavourable treatment' in Section 15 of the Equality Act.

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Taxation of Consultants Who Provide Services Through a Limited Company

Friday, 31 July 2015

In 2000, legislation ('IR35') was introduced to tackle the avoidance of employment taxes by those who work through intermediaries, primarily their own company, often known as a Personal Service Company (PSC).

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Equality and Diversity - Mitigating the Risk of Unconscious Bias

Friday, 31 July 2015

What is it and should it be on my agenda?

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Consultation on New Industrial Action Laws

Friday, 24 July 2015

The consultation on the Trade Union Bill, which proposes significant reform to the law in relation to industrial action is now open.

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Afghan Nationals Working Abroad Not Able to Bring UK Discrimination Claim

Friday, 24 July 2015

The High Court has considered whether Afghan nationals working as interpreters, employed by the British government and working with British forces in Afghanistan could bring discrimination claims under UK law.

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