Employment

Naeem v The Secretary of State for Justice

[2015] EWCA Civ 1264

Scottish Parliament to be asked to withhold consent for UK Government’s Trade Union Bill

Scottish Government confirms that it has asked parliamentary authorities to consider a Legislative Consent Memorandum asking the Scottish Parliament to withhold its consent for the Bill.

Government’s interim advice to Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage

New publication sets out government's interim economic and non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage policy issues.

Just one in seven people aged under 35 are fulfilling ambition to become self-employed

New report from Citizens Advice also that finds that, in the population as a whole, 40 per cent of people would like to work for themselves yet only 15 per cent of the UK workforce is currently self-employed.

93 per cent of employers think that National Living Wage is a good idea

Findings of survey of 1,000 employers conducted for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills also include that 88 per cent said it would make staff more productive and 83 per cent believed it would make staff more loyal.

Disability discrimination: key points for the workplace

New guide published by ACAS aims to help employers and managers identify, tackle and prevent disability discrimination in the workplace.

Good practice guide to support workers with invisible impairments

New guide from the TUC provides information on the role that trade unions can play, the equality laws that support disabled workers, and case studies that show how problems can be addressed to stop or prevent discrimination.

Office of Tax Simplification consults on aligning tax and national insurance payments

Views sought from individuals, agents, payroll providers and employers to inform government commissioned review.

Annual review of Mesothelioma Payment Scheme for 2014/2015

DWP publishes first annual review of scheme that was introduced in April 2014 and started making payments from July 2014.

Employment case law round up

Free childcare for those with three and four years olds to be doubled to 30 hours from 2017

Autumn Statement also sets an upper income limit per parent of £100,000 and a minimum weekly income level per parent equivalent to 16 hours (worked at the National Living Wage) to the extended free childcare entitlement and the Tax-Free Childcare which is to be introduced at the same time (paragraph 1.160).

Employment case law round up

Gender pay gap remains unchanged at 19.2 per cent

New release from the Office for National Statistics finds that this compares to a gender pay gap of 9.4 per cent when only full-time employees are taken into account.

1.2 per cent of part-time jobs are paid less than the National Minimum Wage

New statistical release from the Office for National Statistics reports that this compares with 0.6 per cent of full-time jobs.

New National Living Wage will have greatest impact for those in retail, hospitality and healthcare

New report from the Resolution Foundation finds that employers expect to manage increase in wages by improving efficiency and productivity, taking lower profits and absorbing costs, reducing overtime and bonuses, raising prices, and reducing the number of employees through redundancies and slower recruitment.

Women paid less than men in 90 per cent of sectors

New research from UK Commission for Employment and Skills also finds that male workers are paid on average 19 per cent more than female counterparts in almost all areas of the workforce.

Nearly a third of people are bullied at work, says TUC

New research also highlights that women are more likely to be victims of bullying than men; the highest prevalence of workplace bullying is among 40 to 59-year-olds; in nearly three-quarters of cases the bullying is carried out by a manager; and more than one in three people who report being bullied at work leave their job because of it.