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10 June, 2013

TUC urges MPs to halt employment tribunal fees

As MPs debate proposals today, union argues that fees proposed have been set disproportionately high in order to deter many people from taking valid employment claims to tribunal.

3 June, 2013

Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013

New regulations replace the existing rules of procedure for employment tribunals, including the introduction of fees, with effect from 29 July 2013.

3 June, 2013

31 May, 2013

More than 26,000 employees repaid £4m by employers who had refused to pay minimum wage

Guardian report on results of tougher enforcement of minimum wage law by HMRC.

28 May, 2013

23 May, 2013

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 .

21 May, 2013

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.

20 May, 2013

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'.

16 May, 2013

Employment law update

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

15 May, 2013

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

13 May, 2013

8 May, 2013

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.

8 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.

7 May, 2013

2 May, 2013

Scottish parents to save £700 per child in nursery fees under Children and Young People (Scotland)

'We want Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up and that is why we are working hard to help families', says Minister for Children and Young People.

2 May, 2013

Draft ‘off the shelf’ model documentation for setting up an employee owned company

Legal template developed by Employee Ownership Implementation Group at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.