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UK: Working time - interrupted rest breaks
Where employees such as security guards are required to maintain a permanent presence during their shift, compensatory rest breaks which are subject to …
UK: Disability - duty to make reasonable adjustments
Recent EAT rulings have established that: it is not a reasonable adjustment to give a disabled employee on sick leave a career sabbatical, nor to …
UK: Government plans - unfair dismissal and tribunal fees
The Chancellor has announced that the qualifying period to claim unfair dismissal is to be increased from 1 to 2 years with effect from April 2012. It is …
UK: Equal pay - voluntary initiative launched
The Government Equalities Office has published a reporting framework to encourage employers voluntarily to identify barriers to equality of pay, take …
UAE: Mandatory end of service payments - what are employees entitled to on termination?
A recent ruling of the UAE Ministry of Justice has confirmed that it is not lawful for an employer to agree with its employees to avoid the end of …
UK: New resources - September 2011
Acas guidance on social networking, including tips on drawing up a social networking policy ET and EAT statistics for 2010-2011 show a 15% …
EU Directive on temporary agency workers in force
On 1 October 2011 UK regulations implementing the EU Directive on temporary agency workers came into force. Both agencies and employers hiring agency …
UK: National minimum wage rates
The national minimum wage changes from 1 October. The hourly rate increases to £6.08 for workers aged 21 and over, £4.98 for workers aged 18-20, …
UK: Executive remuneration – new ABI principles and BIS discussion paper
The ABI has published new executive remuneration guidelines, while BIS has published a discussion paper on the governance of executive remuneration in …
UK: FSA announces consultation on Remuneration Code guidance
On 5 August 2011, the FSA announced a four week consultation in respect of two proposed 'Dear CEO' letters, which set out further draft guidance to …
Unfair dismissal: UK rights for employees abroad
The Supreme Court has ruled that teachers employed by a UK government department and working abroad in European Schools had a sufficiently close …
UK: Equal pay - employers may not need to freeze comparator's pay to remove TUPE-related pay disparity
Where a pay disparity arises on a TUPE transfer (eg, due to higher transferor pay levels), this may provide the transferee employer with a "material …
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