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Push for mental health first aiders to become legal requirement in the workplace

The Where’s Your Head At? Campaign’s petition, which calls for the government to make it a legal requirement for workplaces to have someone trained in mental health first aid, has…

Minimum wage to increase to £10 for under-18s by 2020, Labour Pledge

In a bid to end age discrimination, Labour are proposing to end the £4.35 per hour for under-18s by 2020. This proposal comes as part of a pledge to increase…

Employers must have a system for measuring daily working hours of all workers (ECJ)

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that, Member States must require employers to set up an “objective, reliable and accessible system enabling the duration of time work each…

National Day Nurseries – Annual Awards

MLR is again this year, very proud to have supported the National Day Nurseries Association’s Practitioner of the Year Award in its annual awards in Warwick on Friday 28th June.…

ATTENTION: HR Consultants

Are you a HR Consultant? Do you provide HR and employment law advice to businesses? Would you like the comfort of knowing you had a “phone a solicitor” in situations…

ACAS publishes latest early conciliation statistics

Acas has published its latest statistics on early conciliation take-up and success rates covering the period April to December 2018. Between April and December 2018, the number of notifications received…

New ACAS guidance on the potential impact of Brexit on workplaces

To assist employers and employees in understanding the potential impact that Brexit may have in their workplace, Acas has published a new guidance outlining possible implications. The guidance gives advice…

Vento band increases for discrimination injury to feelings awards

The Presidents of the Employment Tribunals in England and Wales and Scotland have issued a joint second addendum to the Presidential guidance on Vento bands for injury to feelings awards…

Employment Tribunal quarterly statistics for October to December 2018

The employment tribunal quarterly statistics for the period October to December 2018 published by the Ministry of Justice. During this period, receipts, disposals and outstanding caseloads all increased (by…

Employee entitled to PHI benefits until he could return to the same job with the employer

In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal decided that an employee would have been entitled to benefits under a permanent health insurance (PHI) scheme until his death or retirement,…

Pimlico plumber loses £74,000 holiday pay claim

An employment tribunal has ruled that plumber Gary Smith, whose status as a worker was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2018 is not entitled to his alleged £74,000 arrears…

New ACAS guidance on neurodiversity in the workplace

Acas has published new guidance on handling neurodiversity in the workplace. The new guidance explains what neurodiversity is and highlights the difference types of neurodivergence and the unique difficulties they…

Government campaign launched to increase awareness of holiday entitlement

To help workers understand their rights and to ensure that employers understand their obligations in relation to holiday pay, on 12 March 2019, the government launched a campaign to clarify…

Possible introduction of gender pay gap reporting for little companies

Hilary Spencer, the director of the Government Equalities Office, has announced that gender pay gap reporting will be established for little companies. The action was proposed in 2017 and companies…

GDPR One Year On – Statistics

One year on after GDPR came into force on the 25 May 2018, below is an overview of the key statistics: In June 2018, 1,792 breaches were reported to the…

Potential changes to the National Minimum Wage’s ‘naming and shaming’ arrangements

Conservative ministers are no longer ‘naming and shaming’ companies that do not pay their workers the legally required national minimum wage, according to Labour MP Stephanie Peacock. Companies have not…

Menopause versus work

Recent research into the effect of the menopause has shown that it generally affects women between the ages of 50 to 64. The time off work due to symptoms caused…

Human rights and discrimination adviser helpline

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is now providing a telephone helpline to professional organisations that provide advice in relation to human rights or discrimination to individuals. Members of…

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Push for mental health first aiders to become legal requirement in the workplace

Minimum wage to increase to £10 for under-18s by 2020, Labour Pledge

Employers must have a system for measuring daily working hours of all workers (ECJ)

National Day Nurseries – Annual Awards

ATTENTION: HR Consultants

ACAS publishes latest early conciliation statistics

New ACAS guidance on the potential impact of Brexit on workplaces

Vento band increases for discrimination injury to feelings awards

Employment Tribunal quarterly statistics for October to December 2018

Employee entitled to PHI benefits until he could return to the same job with the employer

Pimlico plumber loses £74,000 holiday pay claim

New ACAS guidance on neurodiversity in the workplace

Government campaign launched to increase awareness of holiday entitlement

Possible introduction of gender pay gap reporting for little companies

GDPR One Year On – Statistics

Potential changes to the National Minimum Wage’s ‘naming and shaming’ arrangements

Menopause versus work

Human rights and discrimination adviser helpline