Maternity and paternity leave have received a great deal of press coverage over the past few months. With many issues surrounding the topic, including workplace equality and discrimination , achieving a work-life balance, and concerns about the cost to businesses during a time of economic...
Blackburn with Darwen Council confirmed this week that they are to cut 1000 jobs over the coming months, equating to approximately one quarter of their workforce. Further to this, Manchester City Council have announced 2000 redundancies across their offices to meet the £109 million of savings...
The wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011 has been declared as an additional public holiday. Although this is gladly received by the majority, this announcement has also caused much confusion for both employers and employees and I have received numerous...
Employers should be aware that from the 1st February 2011 : The limit on weekly pay for the purposes of an Unfair Dismissal Basic Award and Statutory Redundancy Pay increased from £380 per week to £400 per week; The maximum Compensatory Award for Unfair Dismissal also...
Employers should be aware that they will no longer be able to dismiss employees under compulsory retirement when they reach the age 65 later this year. The Default Retirement Age (DRA) is to be phased out from April 2011 and after the 1st October 2011, it will be unlawful to force employees to...