Employment and HR

• Employment Law Changes – April 2016

  • Posted5 April 2016

  Changes to employment law and practice are normally implemented in either April or October each year in order to make life easier for employers, who must ensure that their policies...

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• Employment Tribunals – The Use of Interpreters

  • Posted1 April 2016

  Under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), everyone has the right to a fair trial and one of the elements of this concept, referred to as...

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• Increased Protection for Workers on Zero Hours Contracts

  • Posted18 March 2016

  In May 2015, the Government acted to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts by way of the first commencement order made under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act...

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• Acas Early Conciliation – Amendments to ET Claims

  • Posted4 March 2016

  In recent years, the settlement of disputes of various kinds by voluntary dispute resolution has grown considerably in the UK. That is certainly so in employment cases where, since May...

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• EAT Rules on Holiday Pay and Unearned Commission

  • Posted23 February 2016

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has handed down its judgment in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited and Others, upholding the decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) that domestic legislation...

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• TUPE Service Provision Changes – Short-Term Arrangements

  • Posted22 February 2016

  Under Regulation 3(3)(a)(ii) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), TUPE does not apply where immediately before a service provision change the client intends that the...

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