Employment

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Carer’s Leave Bill receives Royal Assent

New Act provides for regulations to be made giving employees unpaid leave of up to a week to manage caring responsibilities

Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill receives Royal Assent

New Act provides for regulations to be made in relation to protection from redundancy during and after pregnancy and on return to work from maternity, adoption or shared parental leave

Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill receives Royal Assent

New Act makes provision for paid leave of at least one week for employed parents or others who have a personal relationship with a child who is receiving, or has received, neonatal care

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Government to reduce ‘disproportionate’ reporting requirements for elements of the Working Time Regulations

Announcement part of package of measures that Business and Trade Secretary says will 'take advantage of post-Brexit freedoms'

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill receives Royal Assent

New Act will create a legal obligation on employers in Great Britain to allocate all tips, gratuities and service charges to workers without any deductions

Bill providing for better enforcement of the national minimum wage receives first reading in House of Commons

Private Members’ Bill includes proposals to protect home care workers from receiving less than minimum wage rates as a result of not getting paid for travel time between visits

Unions and campaign groups seek clarity on whether government plans to proceed with Bill strengthening protections against sexual harassment at work

Letter to Minister follows reports that Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill no longer has the support of government

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Government rejects Human Rights Committee’s recommendations to reconsider Strikes (Minimum Service Level) Bill in order to ensure it meets UK’s human rights obligations

Response to Joint Committee’s report stands by proposals including loss of workers' legal rights and fines of up to £1 million for unions who breach conditions of ‘work notices’

TUC calls for statutory sick pay to be paid from day one at a ‘decent living wage’

Responding to latest ONS sickness absence data, union body highlights that many workers have little choice but to work while ill

Select Committee urges government to rethink employment rights and protections for those engaged in new types of more flexible working

Report on UK's post-pandemic labour market also recommends further action to address employment tribunal backlogs and to consider moving away from jobcentres providing employment advice for people over 50

Government must introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting ‘without delay’, says TUC

Union body responds to publication of government guidance for those employers who wish to report discrepancies in ethnicity pay on a voluntary basis

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