As envisaged following the Advocate General’s earlier opinion, in a ruling handed down today , the ECJ has confirmed that the Working Time Regulations – or more precisely, the Directive (2003/88) behind them – does not preclude national provisions or practices which limit the carry-over period of annual leave. Previous rulings of the ECJ have [...]
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Post created on: November 22nd, 2011
Employment Minister Chris Grayling is in Brussels today, where he will reiterate the UK’s opposition to maternity leave proposals put forward by MEPs last October. If they were adopted, the proposals would provide employees with 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay, at a cost estimated to be more than £2 billion per year [...]
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Post created on: June 17th, 2011
With PCS, the largest civil service union, set to close its ballot for strike action tomorrow, the ATL & the NUT have both announced ballot results in favour of strike action today, raising the possibility of coordinated strike action taking place on 30 June. As well as the disruption to many schools in England & [...]
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Post created on: June 14th, 2011
Following a consultation last year, Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning Minister, John Hayes has this afternoon announced that Time to Train will not be extended to small & medium businesses – those with less than 250 employees – from April. The initiative, currently available to employees in larger businesses, works along similar lines to [...]
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Post created on: February 16th, 2011
Delivering on the commitment in the coalition agreement, the Government announced plans this month to allow more sharing of parental leave from the earliest stages of pregnancy. Aiming for an introduction in 2015, Nick Clegg described the current paternity leave allowance of two weeks as ‘paltry’. He said: ‘These rules patronise women and marginalise men. [...]
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Post created on: January 16th, 2011
