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In a ruling today, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed what was already widely believed to be the case: if a worker falls ill during a period of annual leave, they can elect to take leave (for those days they are unable to enjoy relaxation and leisure) at another time; this would apply even […]
Read morePost created on: June 21st, 2012
While the final version of Adrian Beecroft’s views on employment law reform has dominated the news headlines this week, the Business Secretary Vince Cable laid a new bill before Parliament yesterday – the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. The bill covers a range of issues, but within Part 2 & Schedule 2 presents proposed amendments […]
Read morePost created on: May 24th, 2012
The amount of sick leave continued a trend that started after 2003, falling again in 2011 according to a report published by the Office for National Statistics today. The average amount of sick leave per employee is now less than 4.5 days, 1.6% of working days in the private sector, and this figure is slightly […]
Read morePost created on: May 15th, 2012
In theory, the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 abolished employers’ right to require employees to retire. Despite recent press rulings that might suggest otherwise, that is still the law, so before employers rush to reintroduce compulsory retirement based on the ruling of the Supreme Court in Seldon v Clarkson Wright & […]
Read morePost created on: April 29th, 2012
After Labour withdrew its amendment, the “Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012” was approved by the House of Lords this afternoon. The Opposition did not withdraw its amendment to a motion on the Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012, but that amendment failed to secure the […]
Read morePost created on: March 28th, 2012