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UK: Retirement - Government confirms abolition of default retirement age
The Government has published its response to the consultation on the abolition of the default retirement age. It is going ahead with the original …
UK: Unfair dismissal - only knowledge of decision-maker relevant to reasonableness
Whether a dismissal is within the band of reasonable responses will be judged based on the knowledge of the person making the decision after a reasonable …
UK: Maternity - employee can choose to start SMP after start of leave
Women can choose to begin their Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) period on a date later than the date that they have stopped work before the birth. …
UK: Discrimination - employers should address complaints of third party harassment
Employers should respond to reasonable employee requests to deal with harassment by third parties, even if the Equality Act third party harassment …
UK: Confidential information - copying for personal use is breach of duty of good faith
An employee who e-mailed vast numbers of confidential documents to her home computer, purportedly to arm herself for a possible future dispute with her …
UK: Whistleblowing - detriment claims made easier for employees
The EAT has ruled that an employee claiming whistleblowing detriment need only show that the protected disclosure played more than a trivial part in the …
UK: Tribunal awards - new limits from 1 February 2011
From 1 February 2011 the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal is £68,400 and the cap on a week's pay (used to calculate the unfair dismissal …
UK: Equality Act - final EHRC Codes published
The EHRC has published the final version of its Codes on Employment and Equal Pay here. These are likely to come into force around the end of February.
UK: Tribunal reform - consultation on government proposals
The Government is consulting on proposals to reduce the number of workplace disputes reaching the employment tribunal and improve the employment tribunal …
UK: Maternity and paternity leave - no further changes until 2015
In a recent speech Nick Clegg stated that the Government's plans to introduce a flexible system of shared parental leave will not be introduced until …
UK: New resources - January 2011
CIPD/Adecco guidance on the Agency Worker Regulations. Government Equality Office non-statutory guidance on positive action permitted under the …
UK: FSA issues final form remuneration code
On Friday 17 December 2010, the FSA issued its revised Remuneration Code (the "Code") containing its interpretation of the remuneration principles …
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