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Government Announces 1-1.9% Rise in NMW Despite rumours & reports[1] earlier this month that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) could be frozen, or even cut, and the Low Pay Commission recommending a freeze for the Apprentice Rate, the government has announced increases to the NMW in all categories. The modest increases – 1.9% for […]
Read morePost created on: April 17th, 2013
House of Lords rejects Shares for Rights On the same day the Chancellor of the Exchequer used his budget statement to announce that his “Employee Shareholders” – a new status of employee that will give staff a stake in their employer’s business – that the first £2,000 of share value that anyone receives under the […]
Read morePost created on: March 20th, 2013
Government Revises Guidance on Fit Notes With nearly three years of practical experience to draw from, the Government have this month issued revised guidance to GPs & others on the use of fit notes. The new guidance – provided not a moment too soon given the failure of GPs to properly facilitate the possibilities of […]
Read morePost created on: March 13th, 2013
Employment Tribunals Cannot Determine SMP Entitlement In the case of Hair Division v Macmillan, the EAT has found that “Parliament cannot have intended that HMRC’s jurisdiction [where overall responsibility for the administration of SMP has been since 2005] be other than an exclusive one.” In Hair Division, the Employment Tribunal had considered that there was […]
Read morePost created on: November 7th, 2012
Fraser Preferred to Larner When Opportunity for Leave Existed On behalf of Hair Division Ltd, Employment Law Clinic successfully argued that Fraser should be preferred to Larner where the worker had the “opportunity” to take leave during the leave year, even if they had not exercised this right before going on sick leave at the end of […]
Read morePost created on: November 7th, 2012