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Minimum Wage Rates for Workers Aged 24 and Under Increase The minimum wage increased today, but only for some workers – those not entitled to the National Living Wage Rate. As always though, it doesn’t necessarily apply from today, only from the start of the next Pay Reference Period that starts from today. This […]
Read morePost created on: October 1st, 2016
ACAS Early Conciliation Can Happen Before the Event Under section 18A(1) Employment Tribunals Act 1996, a prospective claimant to an employment tribunal must first contact ACAS. There’s no obligation to actually engage in conciliation, but this formality needs to be satisfied before a relevant claim can be made to an employment tribunal. But can ACAS Early […]
Read morePost created on: September 17th, 2016
Employment Laws Open for Repeal upon Brexit Parliament has briefly returned from its summer recess today, with a welcome to the despatch box from the new Brexit Minister, David Davis – the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. Among the many questions that were put to the new minister were questions about how […]
Read morePost created on: September 5th, 2016
What’s Next for Employment Law Now? The results are in. And the UK is out. But what does this mean for employment law? Well, in the short-term, nothing – we’re still a member of the EU for at least two years, so still bound by European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgments, and cases […]
Read morePost created on: June 23rd, 2016
Manufacturing Employers Call for Help with Sick Leave Manufacturers’ trade organisation, EEF, published its latest annual survey this week, with findings that long term absence is increasing for more than 40% of its members, with the NHS not helping to get staff back to work. After previously concluding that the “fit note” procedure was […]
Read morePost created on: June 14th, 2016