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Employment Tribunals: payout increases now in force
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 is now in force (from 1 February 2008). It takes immediate effect, increasing the limits applying to certain awards of Employment Tribunals, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order.For example, the maximum compensatory award for unfair dism...
News | 4 Feb 2008
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Employment Tribunal pay-outs set to increase
The financial limits for Employment Tribunal awards are set to increase on 1 February 2008. The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 will implement the changes, which increase the amount of money that can be awarded at an Employment Tribunal.For example, the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will rise from £60,600 to £63,000, and the maximum amount of ‘a week’s pay’ for the purpose of calculating various aw...
News | 3 Jan 2008
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New limits for unfair dismissal and redundancy payments
The limits on payments and awards made to workers in employment rights cases will rise from 1 February under the annual index-linked formula. The increased limits affect: statutory redundancy payments; the basic and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal; the limit on guarantee payment made when employees are not provided with work; and,...
News | 26 Jan 2007
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Annual tribunal award increases announced
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2006 has been laid before Parliament. When it comes into force in February 2007 the Order will increase Employment Tribunal compensation in line with the increase in the Retail Price Index from September 2005 to September 2006. The increases apply where the eve...
News | 28 Nov 2006
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Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
...resence at Britain's ports and airports; and complusory ID Call 0871 777 8881 for information. cards for foreign nationals allowing us to know who is here and what they are entitled to. 12626 1 February The financial limits for Employment Tribunal awards are set to increase on 1 February 2008. The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 will implement the changes, which increase the amount of money that can be awarded at an Employment Tribunal. For example, the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will rise from £60,600 to £63,000, and the maximum amount of `a week's pay' for the purpose of calculating various awards ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
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New workplace legislation in 2008: what to expect
...ultation on further reform of the Employment Tribunals system ends on 22 February 2008. The planned changes implement Part 1 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and include proposals for the First-tier and Upper Tribunals created by the 2007 Act will work in practise. more info» The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 will come into force on 1 February 2008, raising the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal from £60,600 to £63,000, and the maximum weekly pay taken into account when making various awards will increase from £310 to £330. more info» Health and safety legislation Corporate manslaughte...
News analysis | 3 Jan 2008
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network The NeTWORK 12 years of the Workplace Law conference inside this issue MAR/APR 2011 Issue 59 Comment: New employment lawyer group addresses sexual orientation discrimination. Page 45 Legal update: Essential guide to proposed changes to Employment Tribunals. Page 16 Blow for freedom? The challenge facing employers with whistleblowers following the Wikileaks scandal. Page 27 CPd Ahead of session at this year's co...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
... Book review | The data | Clinic Partner profile and more ... Establishing health and safety liability in R v. Chargot Limited. Page 28 NEBOSH National General Certificate: choose your direction STUDY OVER 10 WEEKS Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL The worlds of health and safety, employment and premises management are forever changing, but it is not often we have a day where breaking news is quite as significant as on 17 December, when the European Parliament voted on proposed amendments to the Working Time Directive. CLASSROOM IN LONDON 22 FOCuS 12 48: puShING WORKING TImE TO ThE ...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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Pension scheme deficits increased further by latest High Court decision?
The High Court's latest ruling on the increasingly complex issue of pensions equalisation in Foster Wheeler Limited v. Hanley and Ors (2008) may increase funding liabilities for pension schemes by effectively overriding any consent requirement in early retirement rules and denying schemes the ability to pay split pension benefits retrospectively. The decision, whic...
Case | 12 Dec 2008
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Perk of the job? Managing the risks faced by loneworkers
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Perk of the job? managing the risks faced by loneworkers LONEWORKING SPECIAL JUNE 2008 Issue 38 Interview: Social Services on methods to protect loneworkers from danger. Page 18 Legal update: Managing the employment relationship with remote workers. Page 28 Missing presumed dead What really happened to loneworking estate agent Suzy Lamplugh? Page 14 Cut off Maintaining lines of communication with loneworkers. Page 10 Plus: Legal calendar | Case reports Clinic | Challenge and more ... "DOES thE GROWING tREN...
Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008
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Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Employment law is changing But don't tell anyone how (Thanks Private Eye!) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS MAY 2008 Issue 37 Uncovered: What will the Government do next in its employment law overhaul? Page 10 workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network We got it wrong! Apolog...
Magazine issue | 13 May 2008
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New CCTV Code of Practice
© Workplace Law Group 2007 All rights reserved New CCTV Code of Practice New CCTV Code of Practice The Information Commissioner's Office has recently issued a revised code of good practice aimed at helping CCTV operators to strike that vital balance between the individual's right to privacy and the public interest in security. It loo...
News analysis | 19 Mar 2008
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
... briefings, special reports, guides, and the magazine online! COMMENT 07 FROM THE COALFACE Bursar Martin Newlan says that there are now so many different pieces of legislation he is tempted to stop reading all the advice. THE DATA 36 NEW THIS MONTH! Five pages of key statistics and information on employment law and health and safety. 28 CLINIC Premium members have their queries over retirement and redundancy answered by the experts. 11 TO BE GREEN, OR NOT TO BE GREEN, THAT IS THE QUESTION Facilities Manager Philip Jeffs: "I want to see governments agreeing whether global warming exists, and if so de...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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1 October 2007: what legislation is being implemented today?
© Workplace Law Group 2007 All rights reserved 1 October 2007: what legislation is being implemented? 1 October 2007: what legislation is being implemented? Since April 2006, the Government has used Common Commencement Dates (CCDs) to implement new regulations that will have an effect on business. Under the CCD initiative, regulation...
News analysis | 1 Oct 2007
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Employment Tribunals: back to the future?
... Government £120m a year... They cost business £290m a year... But the number of disputes reaching tribunal is higher than ever! PLUS: PROPOSED PATERNITY LEAVE -- THE IMPACT ON BUSINESS OF FATHERS TAKING 26 WEEKS STUDYING HR THROUGH E-LEARNING · NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE BEHIND THE SCENES AT A MOCK EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL THE SHAKE-UP OF THE TRIBUNALS SYSTEM FEATURING: Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 & 2006 -- interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 -- business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT In ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2007
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6 April 2005 - important employment law changes take effect
The Government made the decision last year to restrict the flow of new employment law, by allocating just two dates in the year when new pieces of legislation will be introduced – arguably enabling employers to more easily keep abreast of new requirements. Today - 6 April - is the first of those dates. Further changes will be brought in on 1 October. To help ...
News | 6 Apr 2005
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The year of living dangerously
...TSON SANDS Based on a true story. All the characters are real and no actors have been used in the production of this piece. Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS legal calendar 06 Letters 07 Keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their businesses The year of livi...
Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2005
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
... every worker, says Ann Clarke. CHALLenge 30 ShARING thE SAfEty buRDEN With rates of compliance among employers improving, is the health and safety burden moving more towards employees? Tim Hill investigates. THe dATA 33 thIS moNth'S StAtIStICS Key figures and information on health and safety and employment law. 16 ACt of INSpIRAtIoN Thirty-five years after its introduction, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act has been heralded as one of the best pieces of legislation ever written. Choose from one of four study modes to suit your individual needs: 1. Classroom 23 September 4 December 2. Blende...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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Did the prison officers have a right to strike?
...nd the injunction until the expiry of the no-strike agreement, the defendant opposing the application on the ground that the claimant’s conduct had been such as to require the court to withhold what was an equitable remedy and relying, inter alia, on article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.Wyn Williams J held:In the context of English law, it was clear that when the claimant did not accept the pay review board’s recommended award in its entirety it was acting lawfully, and, when the issue of affordability was taken into account in the decision to stage the pay award, the claimant w...
Case | 28 Apr 2008
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Employment in 2007 - the year that was
© Workplace Law Group 2007 All rights reserved Employment in 2007 the year that was Employment in 2007 the year that was As is traditional at this time of year, we will recap on the employment law developments over this past year. Whereas we have not seen any revolutionary new legislation coming into force, there have nevertheless been some interes...
News analysis | 21 Dec 2007
