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A case heard today at an employment tribunal brought by National Union of Journalists member Keri Hudson is reported to have found the claimant – an intern – to be a worker, the claimant awarded minimum wage & holiday pay arrears. Whether this is the first case of its kind, or only the first case to […]
Read morePost created on: May 12th, 2011
In an employment tribunal ruling attracting media attention [1] today, a Claimant, Devan Maistry, appears to have successfully argued that a belief in the ethos of the BBC – public service broadcasting – is a philosophical belief, and is therefore covered under equality laws that generally protect a religious faith – religious or belief discrimination. […]
Read morePost created on: May 9th, 2011
The Government has published its guidance on the Agency Workers Regulations today, in advance of them coming into force on 1st October 2011. The regulations will provide agency workers with the same basic working and employment conditions as if they had been hired directly, after working for the same hirer for 12 consecutive weeks. This […]
Read morePost created on: May 6th, 2011
The Government have today confirmed that they are accepting the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission: the national minimum wage (NMW) will increase between 1.1 & 4% from 1 October 2011. The NMW rates from October will be: Category Increase New Rate – from October 2011 Apprentices* 10p (4%) £2.60 per hour 16-17 year-olds 4p […]
Read morePost created on: April 7th, 2011
April sees plenty of changes to employment law for small employers Among the headlines are: a moratorium exempting micro and start-up businesses from new domestic regulation for three years from 1 April 2011; the planned extension to the right to request flexible working is being abandoned; dual discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (s.14) […]
Read morePost created on: April 1st, 2011