14 March, 2014
14 March, 2014
Tribunal statistics from October to December 2013 show only 9,801 claims received in employment tribunals, 79 per cent fewer than in same period last year, and 75 per cent fewer than last quarter.
13 March, 2014
New regulations provide for changes to application fees and hearing fees payable in the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeals Tribunals.
13 March, 2014
New regulations issued that make changes to the worker authorisation scheme that restricts access to the UK labour market by certain Croatian nationals during the five year transitional period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2018.
13 March, 2014
New report explores whether there are practical ways in which the minimum wage could be strengthened, while not putting at risk what has already been achieved.
12 March, 2014
Report published today accepts rise of 3 per cent to adult rate and 2 per cent rise to youth development rate, 16-17 year old rate and apprenticeship rate.
10 March, 2014
10 March, 2014
New statutory instrument amends the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 so that a worker does not qualify for the national minimum wage for work done as part of a traineeship in England.
10 March, 2014
Guardian reports on new Office for National Statistics figure of 582,935 workers on zero hours contracts in 2013 based on research from outside bodies in addition to Labour Force Survey.
6 March, 2014
Conclusions of new report include that there is evidence of some labour market displacement, particularly by non-EU migrants, in recent years when the economy was in recession.
6 March, 2014
DWP announces increase in relation to compensation scheme for those who are unable to trace employer that will start in April 2014.
5 March, 2014
Guardian reports on speech yesterday in which Prime Minister says that he agrees on rise to £6.50 an hour from October in line with advice from Low Pay Commission.
5 March, 2014
Department seeks views on draft legislation aiming to make new system meet needs of parents and employers and be as simple to use as possible.
3 March, 2014
New regulations issued in relation to the introduction of 'Early Conciliation' under which a prospective claimant wishing to take a case to an employment tribunal must first contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) about their dispute, and consider conciliation before presenting their claim.
3 March, 2014
New Department for Business, Innovation & Skills research, conducted in 2012, presents the findings from a qualitative survey of around 40 employers as well as a literature review of published evidence.
27 February, 2014
Recommendations include that adult rate of National Minimum Wage should increase from £6.31 to £6.50 an hour from 1 October 2014.
26 February, 2014
Commission says it supported successful case to clarify that Equality Act 2010 should be read as prohibiting victimisation which happens after someone has left their job and is then treated unfavourably because they have made allegations of discrimination.
26 February, 2014
New statutory instrument increases, from 6th April 2014, the limits applying to certain awards of employment tribunals, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order.
26 February, 2014
New statutory instrument makes consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to Early Conciliation which will place a mandatory requirement on a prospective claimant involved in a workplace dispute to contact Acas before they can proceed to present a claim at an employment tribunal.
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