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26 April
Ajar-Tec Ltd v Stack
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether the appellant, who had lodged claims for constructive unfair dismissal and unauthorised deduction from wages, was either an 'employee' or a 'worker'.
26 April, 2012
25 April
Seldon (Appellant) v Clarkson Wright and Jakes (A Partnership) (Respondent)
New Supreme Court judgment that considers the scope for justifying direct discrimination on the ground of age and in particular a mandatory retirement age contained within a partnership agreement.
25 April, 2012
23 April
Employment case law round up
Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website.
23 April, 2012
18 April
Almost a million people will have been out of work for more than a year by the end of 2012
New IPPR analysis predicts that the number of people out of work for more than a year will rise by 107,000 to a total of 962,000, the highest since 1995.
18 April, 2012
Unemployment decreases by 35,000 to 2.65 million
New Office for National Statistics figures show the first quarterly fall in unemployment since May 2011.
18 April, 2012
Employment Law Update
Issue 124 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
18 April, 2012
16 April
Employment case law round up
Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website.
16 April, 2012
13 April
Apprentices make better progress if they have completed meaningful work experience
Ofsted best practice report for young people shows that those who complete work experience, course tasters or vocational study are more likely to make good progress in their apprenticeship than those starting straight from school.
13 April, 2012
10 April
2.6 million jobseekers face competition for 234,000 full-time vacancies
Research by Guardian also shows that at least 24,000 vacancies do not offer enough hours to allow a couple with children to qualify for working tax credits.
10 April, 2012
UK unemployment to increase by 100,000 this year
IPPR analysis shows that unemployment will peak at 8.7 per cent and will not fall until at least September 2013.
10 April, 2012
Employment case law round up
Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website.
10 April, 2012
5 April
New employment tribunal rules will cut ‘unnecessary demands’ on employers, says government
Changes, that include an increase in the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal from one to two years, will save employers more than £50m.
05 April, 2012
4 April
Evaluation of the ‘fit note’ from GPs
New DWP research report explores the experiences and outcomes of the 'fit note' from the perspectives of employers and employees.
04 April, 2012
3 April
Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012
New statutory instrument amends section 4(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 so as to enable proceedings in respect of unfair dismissal to be heard by an Employment Judge alone.
03 April, 2012
Qualifying period for right not to be unfairly dismissed and to statement of reasons for dismissal
New statutory instrument increases, from one year to two years, the qualifying period of continuous employment needed for entitlement to written statement of reasons for dismissal and to acquire the right not to be unfairly dismissed, with transitional provision for employees whose period of employment begins before 6 April 2012.
03 April, 2012
