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UK: HR advice on disciplinary matters should be limited
HR should ensure that, when advising managers investigating or deciding on disciplinary matters, their advice is limited to matters of law and procedure, …
UK: New legislative proposals and guidance on minimum/living wage, apprenticeships consultation, employee travel expenses, recruitment and induction
The government has announced plans to increase the penalties for failing to pay the national minimum wage and national living wage (being introduced in …
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 …
UK: Employers may need to allow wider choice of companion in disciplinary process
It may be a breach of trust and confidence in some cases for an employer to deny an employee the right to be accompanied to a disciplinary investigation …
UK: Employees on long-term sick leave are not 'assigned' for TUPE transfer if absence is permanent
Case law has established that temporary absence from work, for example on sick leave or family-related leave, does not prevent an individual being …
UK: Employers can redeploy permanent employees to vacancies in priority to agency workers
Agency worker regulations provide that an agency worker has the right to be informed of any relevant vacancies in the hiring company, so as "to give that …
Australia: 8 simple rules to help acquirers in M&A deals hit the ground running with employee issues
Summary Human capital is often a major asset of the target in a commercial transaction. The transaction itself will almost always create uncertainty in …
UK: Consultations on tax treatment of termination payments, IR35 and Sunday trading
The Summer Budget announced a number of forthcoming consultations which have now been published: The HMRC consultation on simplifying the tax and NICs …
Australia: ‘Repair, not replacement’ - Productivity Commission releases draft report on workplace relations framework
The Productivity Commission has released its draft report on the workplace relations framework, as part of its inquiry into the current performance of …
UK: New publications - EHRC pregnancy/maternity research and toolkit, Acas equality guides
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published new research on the prevalence of pregnancy and maternity discrimination, alongside a practical …
UK: Summer consultations - minimum wage, posted workers, apprenticeships, tribunal fees
The Low Pay Commission is consulting until 25 September seeking views on the government’s proposed changes to the national minimum wage and the …
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