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12 April, 2023

Increase in banding rates for Employment Tribunal awards for injury to feelings for 2023/2024

Joint Presidential Guidance increases ‘Vento bands’ for claims presented on or after 6 April 2023

11 April, 2023

11 April, 2023

5 April, 2023

Judicial mediation to be introduced in cases before Northern Ireland Employment Tribunals

Department for the Economy says, in 'appropriate cases', scheme will offer claimants an opportunity to sit down with their employer and a specially trained Employment Judge with a view to resolving the dispute

4 April, 2023

Enacting the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill would place an ‘unacceptable restriction’ on a worker’s right to take strike action

Employment law specialists warn that legislation giving Secretary of State largely unfettered power to set service levels during strikes would make Great Britain 'an outlier among comparable countries'

3 April, 2023

3 April, 2023

Revocation and re-enactment of regulations in relation to statutory parental bereavement leave and pay in Northern Ireland

New statutory rules enable scheme to continue in force despite the absence of Assembly approval of the regulations

28 March, 2023

Seafarers’ Wages Bill receives Royal Assent

New Act makes provision in relation to the remuneration of seafarers who do not qualify for the national minimum wage

27 March, 2023

Government launches review of whistleblowing framework

Department for Business and Trade says review will gather evidence on the effectiveness of the current regime that will inform policy choices going forward

27 March, 2023

27 March, 2023

20 March, 2023

16 March, 2023

13 March, 2023

8 March, 2023

Neither HM Treasury or HMRC have a good enough understanding of the impacts of the almost £100 billion spent on Covid-19 employment support schemes

Public Accounts Committee report on CJRS and SEISS also highlights that gaps and lags in data contributed to the schemes providing excessive support to some, while excluding others that were in need

7 March, 2023

Government confirms appointment of first Menopause Employment Champion to ‘encourage employers to develop menopause policies’

However, announcement comes days after Equalities Minister confirmed that there are no plans to explore whether existing protection from discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 is effective in relation to menopause

7 March, 2023

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is a ‘huge step backwards’ for tackling racism at work

TUC, Equality Trust, JCWI and Runnymede Trust warn that, if enacted, Bill will disproportionately affect BME workers who are significantly overrepresented in health and transport sectors

7 March, 2023

Uprating of minimum agricultural wage rates in Wales for 2023/2024

New statutory instrument revokes and replaces previous Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order

6 March, 2023

Joint Committee on Human Rights finds that government’s Strikes Bill fails to meet human rights obligations

Committee Chair also warns that draft provisions in the Bill, that include new powers to make it easier to sack striking workers and leave unions at risk of million-pound fines, are unclear and provide inadequate protection against arbitrary use