Employment News

What did we get up to last month? May saw the team's annual employment law conference take place at the Peterborough office. Giles, Katharine and Alison were joined this year by Mark Hildred of Moore Thompson Accountants, who updated us on...
The planned changes to employment law are gathering pace with some fresh announcements from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: From this summer the compensatory award for unfair dismissal will be capped at one year's pay, or the...
...In many situations, but not all, says the European Court of Human Rights in Eweida & Others v UK . You may well remember from news coverage over the last couple of years of the claims made by Ms Eweida, Ms Chaplin, Ms Ladele and Mr McFarlane. All...
Welcome to our monthly Employment update!   Following our recent successful workshop on Party Planning for Employers, we thought we'd take the opportunity to remind you of the legal pitfalls of the office Christmas party and how employers and...
Welcome to our monthly Employment update!   Just when you thought that the raft of potential changes and 'tweaks' to employment law was pausing for a Christmas break, the latest topic to fall under the Government's radar for review is...
Welcome to our monthly Employment update!   A couple of key employment law changes were implemented on 1 October 2012: Pensions auto-enrolment: All employers in Great Britain will be obliged to automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a...
Welcome to our monthly Employment update!   The Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics 2012, which includes the Parade of Athletes, take place on Friday 27 July 2012 and then the Olympic Games will run for just over two weeks until the Closing...
Welcome to our monthly Employment update!   It never seems to be quiet in the world of employment law and, despite the Jubilee festivities, the last month has been no exception! With further significant changes being...
Changes designed to stimulate employment look unlikely to make things easier for business in the short term, with a continuing muddy swamp of employment legislation.  As business watches for the hoped-for rise...
Welcome to our monthly Employment update!   A number of important changes to employment law came into force at the beginning of this month, including the qualifying period for unfair dismissal increasing from one to two...