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UK: Privilege - High Court confirms legal advice privilege can include lawyer’s summary of facts
A High Court decision has confirmed that the protection of legal advice privilege is not restricted to actual legal advice. The privilege will protect …
UK: Employment law changes in October
On 1 October 2015 the following changes came into force: New national minimum wage rates, the adult rate increasing from £6.50 to £6.70 an hour. …
UK: Employers can face 'series of acts' detriment claims from fixed-term employees where treatment spans a number of discrete fixed-term contracts
Where a fixed-term or part-time employee is subjected to less favourable treatment in the form of a series of similar acts or failures, the time limit …
UK: Court of Appeal dismisses judicial review appeal challenging tribunal fees
The Court of Appeal has dismissed Unison's challenge to the employment tribunal fees regime. The Court ruled that the regime could not be viewed as …
France: Introduction of a cap for Employment Tribunal awards
The French Government has proposed a new law intended to cap tribunal damages awards in respect of unlawful dismissals. The bill has not yet been finally …
UK: Government announcements - consultation on gender pay gap reporting imminent, tribunal fee review and delay to new tax-free childcare scheme
The Government has committed in legislation to make regulations by March 2016 for mandatory gender pay reporting for larger employers, but the relevant …
UK: Appeal news - collective redundancies, tribunal fees
The ECJ has confirmed that it will deliver its ruling on the UK trigger for collective redundancy consultation in the Woolworths case on 30 April 2015 …
UK: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 - mandatory gender pay gap reports and zero hours contracts
The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Bill also received Royal Assent on 26 March, though commencement orders will be needed to bring the …
UK: Review of tribunal fees; prohibition on enforced subject access requests for criminal records; FCA/PRA whistleblowing proposals
The Business Secretary is reported to have launched a review of employment tribunal fees in light of inaction from the Ministry of Justice (see …
UK: new tribunal compensation limits and statutory benefit rates from April 2015
From 6 April 2015, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from £76,574 to £78,335 and the cap on weekly pay (used to calculate …
UK: Tribunal fees - second judicial review challenge rejected
The High Court has rejected Unison's second judicial review claim challenging the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013. The court ruled …
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