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Employees making a claim to the Employment Tribunal for unlawful deduction from wages, now have their claims limited to two years from the point of claim. This is amended from the previous six [...]

September 2015 – the roll out of the ‘Fit for Work’ occupational health service, offering advice and guidance to employers, employees and GPs is now complete and is available countrywide. The [...]

From 1st October, the power allowing employment tribunals to make wider recommendations (that may benefit others and not just the Claimant) in discrimination cases has been removed. The [...]

From 1st October 2015, employers with an annual turnover of more than £36million are now required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year, setting out the [...]

Employers of more than 250 employees may have to report on the Gender Pay Gap within their businesses from Spring 2016, although this is still subject to ratification by the new Government.

Roll out of the ‘Fit for Work’ occupational health service, offering advice and guidance to employers as well as employees is still being rolled out. Originally expected to have been completed by [...]

Employers paying their employees less than the National Minimum Wage can now be fined up to £20,000 per worker. The NMW is set to increase in October 2015, but be mindful of the budget [...]

Exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts, preventing employees or workers from working for another employer (either with or without the consent of the primary employer) during the period of [...]

Statutory Maternity/Paternity/Adoption/Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Maternity Allowance has all been increased to the rate of £139.58 per week. Statutory Sick Pay has increased to £88.45 per [...]

Employees are no longer required to have completed 26 weeks’ service before qualifying for Adoption Leave. The rate of Adoption Pay is now payable at 90% of the employee’s normal weekly earnings [...]