Government announces increases to statutory payments in April 2020
The Department for Work and Pensions has published a paper setting out proposed increases to statutory payments which will apply from April 2020. Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental ...
January 26, 2020
Heat of the moment comment about shooting a colleague did not justify dismissal
In Pemberton v Timpson Limited, P’s team leader (TL) suggested to P during a telephone call that the business might be able to cope without replacing an individual who had just been dismissed. P said: ...
February 4, 2020
Acas have published new guidance on suspending an employee from work
Acas has published new guidance on suspension, where an employee continues to be employed but does not have to attend work or do any work. The guidance covers suspension as part of a disciplinary procedure, ...
June 26, 2018
£92,000 awarded for discrimination arising in consequence of depression-related anger
In Flemming v EEAS NHS Trust, F had a heart attack and subsequently suffered from an anxiety depression disorder, caused by a failure to be able to return to work where he perceived the employer ...
September 29, 2019
Parental bereavement leave and pay coming into force on 6 April
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 will come into force on 6 April 2020 by way of the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 and the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020. The ...
February 2, 2020
MoJ publish tables showing maximum and average ET awards 2017/8
The MoJ have published Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal Tables 2017 to 2018 which provide a breakdown of the awards made by tribunals for unfair dismissal and the discrimination jurisdictions. The maximum and average ...
October 10, 2018
Saying “I won’t be back” in the heat of the moment was not a resignation given the circumstances
In Rae v Wellhead Electrical Supplies Limited, Ogg, the Finance Director, had not processed salary increases that R, the MD, had promised to staff. R got angry, threw his keys on Ogg’s desk, shouted, “I ...
February 18, 2020
£346,000 awarded for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination
A teacher, whose claims for constructive dismissal and disability discrimination were upheld by an employment tribunal, has been awarded £346,000 compensation. Wales Online report that an ET had ruled last year that Nicola Sinclair (S) ...
February 7, 2017
Government publishes new proposed statutory parental payments rates and SSP for 2019/20
The Government has published the proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2019 to 2020. From April 2019 the standard rate for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP), Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP), Statutory ...
December 4, 2018
Amendments to employment tribunal fees in force from 6 April
The Courts and Tribunals Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014 amends the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 from 6 April 2014 to rectify a drafting error in the 2013 Order where ...
Article by March 26, 2014