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UK: The Children and Families Bill - proposals to reform maternity and paternity rights
The Children and Families Bill published earlier this year includes provisions to implement the government's plans for a new system of shared parental …
Australia: A higher standard for best practice: Federal Court finds employer vicariously liable for sexual harassment
Employers can be held vicariously liable for acts of sexual harassment committed by their employees in the workplace. However, employers may have a …
UK: Reform of Directors' Remuneration: Revised Draft Regulations Published
A revised draft of the Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations has been circulated by BIS, inviting comments by 25 March 2013. This follows the …
UK: Unpaid parental leave increase: 8 March 2013
From 8 March 2013, qualifying employees will be entitled to 18 (instead of 13) weeks' unpaid parental leave per child. The right to request flexible …
UK: TUPE/collective redundancies: employers must provide agency worker information
In October 2011 the obligations to provide information to union/ employee representatives on a TUPE transfer or when proposing collective redundancies …
UK: Indirect age discrimination: applying new policy to existing staff may not be justified
The introduction of a new policy, such as qualification requirements for a particular job, can potentially amount to indirect discrimination in relation …
UK: Post-employment conduct: whistleblowing disclosures protected; victimisation not prohibited by Equality Act
Case law has established that subjecting an employee to detriment post-employment for a whistleblowing disclosure made during employment is …
UK: Unfair dismissal: tribunals should not normally look behind a final written warning
It is reasonable for an employer to take a current, final written warning into account when dismissing for subsequent misconduct, provided it was issued …
UK: Redundancy: use of competency assessment as selection criterion was unfair
Selection for redundancy based mainly on performance in a competency assessment carried out by HR, without reference to past appraisals or input from …
UK: Union recognition: existence of "sweetheart" union recognised only for peripheral rights will not thwart application
The Central Arbitration Committee has ruled that an independent union's application for statutory recognition cannot be thwarted by the existence of a …
UK: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: amendments to whistleblowing, financial penalties on employers, dismissal for political opinion/affiliation
The Government has proposed, and the House of Lords approved, a number of amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: The …
UK: Consultations on Acas Codes: settlement discussions and flexible work requests
Acas has published an initial draft Code on settlement discussions, for consultation until 9 April 2013. This relates to the provisions in the …
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