Employment and HR

• Annual Inflation-Linked Changes in Tribunal Awards

  • Posted13 March 2015

  The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2015, which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation amounts which can be awarded by employment tribunals, applies where the...

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• When is a Teacher Not a Teacher? High Court Rules

  • Posted9 March 2015

  In a striking example of an employment relationship being transformed over time by custom and practice, the High Court has ruled on the status of a woman who was taken...

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• Court Interpreters’ Race Discrimination Claims Boosted

  • Posted26 February 2015

  In Windle and Another v Secretary of State for Justice, foreign language interpreters who claim that they suffered race discrimination whilst working for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)...

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• Low Pay Commission’s Recommendations on Increases to the National Minimum Wage

  • Posted25 February 2015

  The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has published its 2015 report in which it makes recommendations to the Government on National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates. The recommendation as regards the...

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• Shared Parental Leave – Eligibility Calculator

  • Posted20 February 2015

  Parents-to-be whose babies are due on or after 5 April 2015 are reminded that they can start sharing up to 50 weeks of parental leave, provided they are eligible to...

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• Heathrow Airport Beautician ‘Not an Employee’, Court Rules

  • Posted17 February 2015

  Those who offer their personal services through their own private companies may achieve tax advantages; however, a Court of Appeal decision in the case of an airport beautician has underlined...

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