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23 May

Government consultation on equal pay audits

The government today issued a consultation paper regarding the detail of mandatory equal pay audits, which proposed regulations will require of firms found, by an employment tribunal, to be in breach of equal pay law .

23 May, 2013

21 May

8.5 per cent real-term drop in wages for UK workers, says TUC

New figures, responding to latest inflation figures, show that average salaries in March 2013 down by £2,234 on 2010 level.

21 May, 2013

20 May

Employment case law round up

Latest EAT decisions added to the Tribunals Service website.

20 May, 2013

Number of people homeworking increases by 13 per cent over last five years

New TUC figures published to coincide with Friday's 'National Work From Home Day'.

20 May, 2013

16 May

Employment law update

Issue 148 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.

16 May, 2013

15 May

200,000 employed on zero-hours contracts

The government estimates that there were 200,000 people (0.7 per cent of those employed in the UK) on zero-hours contracts for the 4th quarter of 2012.

15 May, 2013

The President of the Methodist Conference v Preston

New Supreme Court judgment considers whether, as a minister of the Methodist Church, the respondent was an employee.

15 May, 2013

13 May

Employment case law round up

Latest EAT decisions added to the Tribunals Service website.

13 May, 2013

8 May

Deregulation Bill

Bill, introduced in today's Queen's Speech, contains provisions that include reducing qualifying period for Right to Buy from five to three years and removing power from employment tribunals to make wider recommendations in successful discrimination cases.

08 May, 2013

Wage inequality and employment polarisation in British cities

Findings of new Joseph Rowntree Foundation report include that cities in the south of England tend to have the highest levels of inequality, while smaller cities and those that have experienced industrial decline tend to have the most equal labour markets.