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Prison for gangmaster guilty of modern slavery offences

A gangmaster has been prosecuted for modern slavery offences after bringing Eastern European workers to the UK and paying them less than £2 an hour. The men were transported to…

HMRC termination payment tax changes

HMRC has confirmed that the payment in lieu of notice tax changes made earlier this year look to both the date of payment and the date of termination, meaning that…

April 2018 limits on tribunal awards increased

From 6 April 2018, tribunal compensation limits increased. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal has risen from £80,541 to £83,682 and the maximum amount of a week’s pay (used…

April 2018 increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay

As of 1 April 2018, statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay is £145.18 a week (up from £140.98). From 6 April 2018, the weekly rate of statutory sick…

What to expect in Employment Law in 2018

Sleep-in Duties The Court of Appeal is expected to hear the case of Focus Care Agency Ltd v Roberts and others in March to interpret whether employees who sleep-in in order to carry…

Right to paid annual leave carries over indefinitely where employer refuses leave

Mr King worked for The Sash Window Workshop Ltd (SWW) as a commission-only salesman for 13 years. He received no salary, and was never paid for any holidays or periods…

Directors disqualified for employing illegal workers

Twenty company directors from sixteen restaurant and takeaway businesses were recently issued disqualification orders, following investigations by the Insolvency Service. 18 directors were banned for being company directors or being…

Employer liable for employee’s disclosure of personal data

In this case against Morrisons Supermarket, the High Court has considered whether an employer is vicariously liable for an employee’s deliberate disclosure of co-workers’ personal data. Background Mr Skelton (S)…

Covert surveillance to monitor workplace theft

The European Court of Human Rights has considered whether an employer’s decision to install hidden cameras to monitor suspected workplace theft by a number of supermarket cashiers violated the cashiers’…

Gender Pay Gap Reporting toolkit

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has published a new toolkit for employers on how to calculate and publish their gender pay gap information. The toolkit makes further recommendations on…

Workers to receive £1.7 NMW back pay

As part of the government’s routine “naming and shaming” of employers that have failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage, 16,000 workers are set to receive back pay…

Fit for Work scheme abolished

On 30 November 2017, a government press release announced that, following low referral rates, the assessment services provided by the Fit for Work service (FFW) would come to an end…

Government still has £31m of tribunal fees to refund

The government has revealed that it still has £31 million to refund following the full roll-out of its scheme for refunding tribunal fees. Justice Minister Dominic Raab said the government…

Acas publishes quarterly update

Acas has published statistics on its early conciliation (EC) service covering the period April to September 2017. According to the statistics, the number of notifications received by Acas between…

Compensatory 20 minute rest break

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently considered whether compensatory rest has to be taken in one uninterrupted period or whether a series of short breaks can be aggregated to amount…

Employers “sleepwalking into GDPR abyss”

60% of businesses have said that they are not prepared for their obligations under the new regime for data protection set out in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),…

New online DBS service

From 17 January 2018, the system for obtaining a basic criminal records check in England and Wales has changed. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has launched a new a…

Tribunal claims increase by 64%

On 14 December 2017, the Ministry of Justice published the tribunal quarterly statistics for the period July to September 2017. The most significant development is that since the same period…

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Prison for gangmaster guilty of modern slavery offences

HMRC termination payment tax changes

April 2018 limits on tribunal awards increased

April 2018 increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay

What to expect in Employment Law in 2018

Right to paid annual leave carries over indefinitely where employer refuses leave

Directors disqualified for employing illegal workers

Employer liable for employee’s disclosure of personal data

Covert surveillance to monitor workplace theft

Gender Pay Gap Reporting toolkit

Workers to receive £1.7 NMW back pay

Fit for Work scheme abolished

Government still has £31m of tribunal fees to refund

Acas publishes quarterly update

Compensatory 20 minute rest break

Employers “sleepwalking into GDPR abyss”

New online DBS service

Tribunal claims increase by 64%