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UK: Gender pay gap reporting regulations delayed, first data snapshot likely to be brought forward
The Government Equality Office has confirmed that the final gender pay reporting regulations (discussed here) are unlikely to be brought into force in …
UK: Measures to protect confidential information from ex-employees
A High Court has ruled that, in the right circumstances, an employer may be able to obtain an order for the destruction of confidential information taken …
UK: Religious discrimination claims concerning dismissal for refusing to leave marriage and headscarf bans
Employers may be liable for indirect discrimination where particular treatment can be viewed as a consistent practice, even if it is applied only …
UK: First instance rulings that statutory holiday pay must reflect voluntary overtime
A couple of first instance employment tribunal judgments have ruled that the calculation of statutory holiday pay (for the 4 weeks' EU-derived holiday) …
UK: Acas Code only applies to dismissals with element of employee culpability
Employers who unreasonably fail to follow the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, where it applies to a …
UK: Disability discrimination cases on discipline for misconduct and expectation to work long hours
Employers should take extra care when considering disciplining a disabled employee for misconduct, to determine if there is a link between the conduct …
UK: Reasonable expectation of privacy may not always apply to private communications
Employers may be able to rely on an employee's private phone communications to justify discipline or dismissal in some cases, as employees will not …
UK: No race discrimination claim where vulnerable migrant workers abused due to immigration status
The Supreme Court in Taiwo v Olaigbe and Onu v Akwiwu has ruled that less favourable treatment due to a vulnerable immigration status was not direct race …
UK: Immigration Act introduces new offence from 12 July 2016
The Immigration Act 2016 has also recently been enacted. With effect from 12 July 2016, there will be a new offence of working in the UK illegally …
UK: Brexit - practical steps for employers now
Following the Leave vote last week, employers are faced with a period of considerable uncertainty. The leaving process is put in train by giving a notice …
UK: New market abuse and inside information regime
The EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), which replaces the Market Abuse Directive, comes into force on 3 July 2016 and is directly applicable in EU Member …
UK: Trade Union Act 2016 heralds significant reform to industrial action law
On 4 May 2016 the Trade Union Bill received Royal Assent. The Trade Union Act 2016 is expected to come into force by early July 2016 and will make …
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