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Europe: Statutory holiday pay claims- EU Advocate-General publishes opinion on workers denied paid holiday
The ECJ Advocate-General has given his opinion in King v The Sash Window Workshop that employers must make ‘adequate facilities’ (eg, contractual rights …
UK: Statutory holiday pay claims - EAT upholds time limits
Employers will welcome a recent EAT ruling in relation to claims for statutory holiday pay, which must be brought within three months of the end of each …
UK: Recruitment - employers may need to consider adjustments to psychometric testing or other processes which could disadvantage disabled candidates
Employers should give careful consideration to requests to adjust recruitment processes where a disabled applicant asserts that the particular method …
UK: Indirect discrimination - Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for claimants to establish prima facie indirect discrimination
Employers should review whether their policies and practices could be disadvantaging employees with a particular protected characteristic. The Supreme …
UK: tribunal rules that failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave is sex discrimination
A tribunal has ruled that an employer's failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave (SPL) to the same level as enhanced maternity pay is direct sex …
UK: FCA/PRA publish whistleblowing rules for UK branches
The FCA and PRA have recently published new rules on whistleblowing procedures for UK branches which will apply from 7 September 2017. In October 2015 …
UK: Gender pay gap reporting - government website for reporting data now available
The government website on which employers are to report their gender pay gap data has now been made available, here. Employers need to register and …
UK: Gender pay gap reporting - revised final Acas/GEO Guidance published
A revised, final version of the non-statutory guidance by Acas and the Government Equalities Office was published on 3 April 2017, available here. …
UK: New Resources
The DWP has launched an employer "See Potential" toolkit to help employers retain and recruit workers from disadvantaged groups, including single …
UK: Legislation - consultations on caste discrimination, electronic balloting and reforming the tribunal system
On 28 March the Government Equality Office published its long-awaited consultation on caste discrimination, announced back in September 2016. The …
UK: April 2017 changes - apprenticeship levy, tribunal compensation limits, national minimum wage, statutory benefits and immigration skills charge
From 6 April 2017 UK employers with an annual pay bill of or over £3 million will be required to pay an apprenticeship levy at a rate equivalent to 0.5% …
UK: Termination - for contractual claims, notice of termination takes effect on actual personal receipt (in absence of express provision)
Employers wanting certainty as to the date of termination for contractual purposes should ensure that the employment contract specifies when notice is …
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