9 July, 2013
9 July, 2013
In force from 29 July 2013, new regulations amend the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996 so that rates at which pre-judgment interest is charged in England and Wales will be the same as in Scotland (currently 8 per cent).
9 July, 2013
In force from 29 July 2013, the new order amends the way in which interest is charged on an Employment Tribunal award made in a non-discrimination case - it provides that interest should accrue from the date of judgment, but that no interest will be payable if payment of the amount of the award is received in the 14 day period following judgment.
4 July, 2013
Oral statement to parliament today by Minister for Disabled People about five remaining factories in Scotland and packaging factories in Norwich, Portsmouth, Burnley and Sunderland.
4 July, 2013
Consultation 'looks to understand more about the size and nature of the employee-ownership sector', and seeks views on government’s proposals for use of £50m funding.
27 June, 2013
Resolution Foundation report estimates 150,000 home care workers currently employed on zero-hour contracts
26 June, 2013
26 June, 2013
Issue 151 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
21 June, 2013
In a new report, the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee also calls on the government to do more to tackle women's under-representation in certain sectors of the economy, and to reconsider its decisions to introduce fees for pregnancy discrimination cases.
18 June, 2013
Trade union UNISON has applied to judicially review the new fee regime that comes into effect on 29 July 2013.
18 June, 2013
ERSA and the National Housing Federation launch joint best practice guide which aims to encourage and support the development of new models of collaborations between the two sectors by highlighting the diverse models already in place.
17 June, 2013
Union believes men are not taking advantage of extra leave because the statutory rate is just £136 a week and is almost never topped up by employers, whereas the first two weeks of paternity leave, which is nearly always topped up by employers, is taken up by the majority of fathers.
14 June, 2013
New regulations issued in relation to the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board and to consequential repeals and revocations of enactments relating to the setting of wages and other terms and conditions of workers employed in agriculture under the Agricultural Wages Act 1948.
12 June, 2013
New Office for National Statistics also show small increase in the number of employed people and increase in the number of economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64.
12 June, 2013
Union launches campaign in context of UK wages falling by 7 per cent since 2008 whilst boardroom pay continues to rise above inflation.
11 June, 2013
Issue 150 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
11 June, 2013
Department for Business Innovation and Skills publishes policy documents setting out what the Act entails including changes to employment tribunal system and amendments to Equality Act 2010.
10 June, 2013
As MPs debate proposals today, union argues that fees proposed have been set disproportionately high in order to deter many people from taking valid employment claims to tribunal.
3 June, 2013
New regulations replace the existing rules of procedure for employment tribunals, including the introduction of fees, with effect from 29 July 2013.
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