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Financial Penalties
From 7 March the government increased the maximum financial penalty for employers who flout the national minimum wage from £5,000 to £20,000. In addition, the government also wants to introduce legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply in respect of each underpaid worker, instead of being the maximum amount that can be applied to each employer.
Auto-Enrolment Staging Dates
The introduction of pension’s auto-enrolment came with staged dates for introduction, depending on the size of business.
2013 brought a number of significant changes in employment law and 2014 will bring a continuation of this.
Consultation on proposals to abolish the service provision change aspect of TUPE resulted in the proposals being abandoned because of concerns that it would lead to uncertainty over the application of TUPE on service changeovers.
A Birmingham tribunal recently ruled that holiday pay should be based on normal earnings and NOT on basic pay.
Read more…In HR we have become used to the distinction between employees and workers. Employees have the benefit of all employment rights and all employees are workers. There are, however, some people in work who are not employees but are workers and have workers’ rights such as the right not to suffer unlawful discrimination.
Read more…Employment tribunal fees. From 29th July 2013 employees and ex-employees wishing to bring an employment tribunal claim will be required to pay a fee with the claim and a further fee if the case goes to a hearing. The fees have been introduced by the coalition government to end what Chancellor George Osborne has described as a ‘one way bet’ against small businesses’
Read more…Revised Employment Tribunal rules will be introduced to bring improvements to case management with simplified and streamlined procedures for preliminary hearings and the withdrawal of cases.
Read more…From 29th July claimants issuing a claim against their employer in the employment tribunal will be required to pay a fee made up of an initial fee to issue a claim and a further fee where the claim goes to a hearing.
Read more…The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 begins to come into force from 25 June 2013, making important changes to employment law and tribunal procedure. The Act comes into force in stages.
Read more…Recently the Government has changed the timetable for some of the proposed employment law reforms due to be implemented in 2013.
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