Calls for redundancy payments to increase With the recession biting-hard and more and more job losses being announced, pressure is mounting on the Government to...

Loss of final salary pension rights continued beyond loss of earnings In Roberts v Aegon UK Corporate Services Ltd, the EAT upheld a tribunal’s decision...

Tribunal failed to consider reasonableness of investigation overall In Compass Group UK v Celebi, the EAT overturned a tribunal’s decision of unfair dismissal. The tribunal...

Employment-related proposals in the Queen’s Speech 2008 The Queen’s Speech contained proposals for three pieces of legislation which will impact on employers: The Equality Bill,...

New statutory rates announced plus guidance on tax and childcare The new increased rates for Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and...

Pensions Act 2008 receives Royal Assent The Pensions Act 2008 received Royal Assent on 26 November 2008. The Act implements a key element forming part...

Employers’ duties to facilitate training of school leavers under 18 Employers will face requirements to cooperate with school leavers under 18 that they employ, to...

Acas publishes guide to accompany Code of Practice A revised draft Guide, to accompany the new Discipline and Grievance Code of Practice released last month,...