Employment

Employment case law round up

Labour would raise national minimum wage to £8 per hour by 2020

BBC reports on election pledge by Ed Miliband ahead of his speech to the Labour Party conference tomorrow.

National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

New regulations that take effect from 1 October 2014 and increase the minimum wage to £6.50 per hour for those aged 21 and over, £5.13 per hour for those aged 18 up to 21, and £3.79 per hour for those aged under 18.

New judicial review into employment tribunal fees to be heard in High Court

Lord Chancellor agrees with Unison that a new hearing should take place as soon as possible, in light of new evidence.

Employment case law round up

Eight of the 22 Welsh councils are currently using zero-hours contracts

Research carried out by BBC Wales finds that nearly 4,000 people are directly employed on the contracts by Welsh councils, with Powys council the biggest user of them.

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Number of people underemployed has increased by 93,000 over last two years

New analysis from the TUC shows that, while unemployment is falling, there are now 3.4 million people underemployed - 46 per cent higher than before the recession.

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Majority of women working part-time paid less than living wage in many parts of Britain

New research published by the TUC shows that while around two in five part-time jobs pay less than the living wage, earning less than the living wage is the norm for women in over 50 local authority areas across Britain.

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Views sought on preventing employers avoiding ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts

BIS consultation, published today, also includes government response to Zero Hours Employment Contracts consultation which ran from December 2013 to March 2014.

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DEFRA consults on changes to agricultural tenancies

View sought on modernising the repair and maintenance of fixed equipment and end-of-tenancy compensation in England.

‘Working Together Review: Progressive Workplace Policies in Scotland’

New independent report, published by Scottish Government, outlines range of recommendations to improve workplace relations and productivity, including legislation to ensure worker representation on the board of every public sector body.

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Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2014

New regulations that, amongst other measures, remove the 26 week qualification period for entitlement to adoption leave; ensure that a parent is not entitled to take paternity leave in relation to a child once he or she has taken any shared parental leave for the same child; provide protection for employees who suffer detriment or dismissal in relation to time off for antenatal or adoption appointments; and amend the right to return following paternity or adoption leave to take account of the forthcoming shared parental leave regulations.