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29 August, 2013

‘Does it pay to care?  Under-payment of the national minimum wage in the social care sector’

Resolution Foundation report shows that real pay levels of domiciliary care workers do not reflect the hours they work - in practice often lose at least £1 an hour because they are not paid separately for the time spent travelling between appointments and because home visits often take longer than the time allocated by the employer.

27 August, 2013

‘Supporting working carers: the benefits to families, business and the economy’

New Department of Health report makes recommendations highlighting the economic and social benefits of supporting carers in the workplace.

27 August, 2013

23 August, 2013

23 August, 2013

Revised scheme to name employers who break minimum wage law announced by government

New rules, which come into effect in October, will remove the current restrictions which mean that the amount owed must be at least £2,000, and the average per worker at least £500, before employer can be publicly named by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

22 August, 2013

Number of young people not in education, employment or training falls

New Department for Education figures for second quarter of 2013 show that proportion of 16 to 18 year-olds who are not in education, employment or training is 9.1 per cent (168,000), a drop of 1.4 percentage points (28,000) on the same period in 2012.

22 August, 2013

‘Sharing profits and power’

New IPPR report 'makes the case for an economy built on shared rewards and more democratic workplaces rather than management prerogative, shareholder power and trickle-down economics'.

22 August, 2013

TUC launches ‘Traineeships Charter’ to help negotiate better schemes with employers

New charter sets out key points aimed at ensuring that the government's new traineeship programme will offer high-quality and relevant training and work experience.

19 August, 2013

14 August, 2013

Employment in April-June 2013 up by 69,000 on previous quarter

New ONS statistics also show fall of 29,200 in number claiming jobseeker's allowance from June to July 2013

12 August, 2013

9 August, 2013

National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013

With effect from 1 October 2013, new regulations amend provisions of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 to increase the hourly rates for the national minimum wage as follows - 1) the principal rate from £6.19 to £6.31; 2) the rate for workers who are aged 18 or over but not yet aged 21 from £4.98 to £5.03; 3) the rate for workers aged under 18 from £3.68 to £3.72 per hour; and 4) the apprentice rate from £2.65 to £2.68.

8 August, 2013

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

New statutory instrument makes consequential amendments arising from section 23 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which came into force on 29 July 2013 - section 23 changes references to 'compromise agreements' and 'compromise contracts' to 'settlement agreements' and 'settlement contracts' in specified primary legislation relating to employment matters.

7 August, 2013

Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations

New statutory instrument amends various pieces of secondary legislation to reflect the coming into force of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 which revoked and replaced the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 on 29 July 2013.

6 August, 2013

Unfair Dismissal (Variation of the Limit of Compensatory Award) Order 2013

New statutory instrument amends the limit on a compensatory award for unfair dismissal claims by introducing an additional, alternative limit so that, in an unfair dismissal claim, the limit on the compensatory award shall be the lower of a set amount (which is currently £74,200) and the product of 52 multiplied by a week’s pay of the employee concerned.

5 August, 2013

31 July, 2013

Sud v London Borough of Ealing

[2013] EWCA Civ 949

30 July, 2013

Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013

New statutory instrument makes provision for fees to be payable when claim presented to employment tribunal or Employment Appeal Tribunal and sets out the amounts of fees and the circumstances in which fees can be remitted or refunded.

29 July, 2013

Permission granted to seek judicial review of introduction of fees for employment tribunals

Challenge mounted by union Unison likely to be heard in October 2013.