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10 March, 2014

Number of zero hours contracts three times higher than government estimate

Guardian reports on new Office for National Statistics figure of 582,935 workers on zero hours contracts in 2013 based on research from outside bodies in addition to Labour Force Survey.

6 March, 2014

Home Office and BIS publish report on impacts of migration on UK native employment

Conclusions of new report include that there is evidence of some labour market displacement, particularly by non-EU migrants, in recent years when the economy was in recession.

6 March, 2014

Compensation for victims of mesothelioma to increase from £115,000 to £123,000

DWP announces increase in relation to compensation scheme for those who are unable to trace employer that will start in April 2014.

5 March, 2014

David Cameron confirms that government will accept recommendation for 3 per cent rise in NMW

Guardian reports on speech yesterday in which Prime Minister says that he agrees on rise to £6.50 an hour from October in line with advice from Low Pay Commission.

5 March, 2014

BIS consults on new system for shared parental leave and pay

Department seeks views on draft legislation aiming to make new system meet needs of parents and employers and be as simple to use as possible.

3 March, 2014

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Application of Conciliation Provisions) Order 2014

New regulations issued in relation to the introduction of 'Early Conciliation' under which a prospective claimant wishing to take a case to an employment tribunal must first contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) about their dispute, and consider conciliation before presenting their claim.

3 March, 2014

Employer perceptions of maternity and paternity leave and flexible working arrangements

New Department for Business, Innovation & Skills research, conducted in 2012, presents the findings from a qualitative survey of around 40 employers as well as a literature review of published evidence.

27 February, 2014

Low Pay Commission publishes Executive Summary of 2014 Report

Recommendations include that adult rate of National Minimum Wage should increase from £6.31 to £6.50 an hour from 1 October 2014.

26 February, 2014

ECHR welcomes Court of Appeal judgment on post employment victimisation

Commission says it supported successful case to clarify that Equality Act 2010 should be read as prohibiting victimisation which happens after someone has left their job and is then treated unfavourably because they have made allegations of discrimination.

26 February, 2014

Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2014

New statutory instrument increases, from 6th April 2014, the limits applying to certain awards of employment tribunals, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order.

26 February, 2014

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2014

New statutory instrument makes consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to Early Conciliation which will place a mandatory requirement on a prospective claimant involved in a workplace dispute to contact Acas before they can proceed to present a claim at an employment tribunal.

25 February, 2014

Employment Law Update

Issue 162 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.

21 February, 2014

Reforming childcare to support mothers into work

New IPPR report explores the factors behind maternal employment in the UK, and especially the pivotal role of affordable, accessible childcare in supporting mothers who want to work, or to work more, to do so.

19 February, 2014

Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

New statutory rules increases, from 16 February 2014, the limits applying to certain awards of industrial tribunals, the Fair Employment Tribunal or Labour Relations Agency statutory arbitration, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order.

14 February, 2014

TUC expresses disappointment that MPs are being advised on how to get around the minimum wage

'Frankly hypocritical' to advise anything other than ‘you must pay the minimum wage to everyone working for you’, says TUC General Secretary in response to leaked document.

14 February, 2014

Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014

New regulations issued in relation to the requirement for prospective claimants to contact ACAS before they are able to present a claim in the Employment Tribunal.

11 February, 2014

Employment Law Update

Issue 162 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.

10 February, 2014

DWP to launch ‘Health and Work Service’ to help employees back to work after sickness

New scheme, for people who have been on sick leave for more than four weeks, will be run by private sector and funded by cutting government contribution to statutory sick pay.

7 February, 2014

UNISON pledges to ‘fight on’ in face of High Court’s employment tribunal fees judgment

Government should not put a price on justice, and we will take our very strong arguments into the Appeal Court, says General Secretary