31 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
The Government has launched a pilot scheme for two regional 'mediation networks' in Cambridge and Manchester for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Department for Business, Innovation and...
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27 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
The Government has published a revised timetable for pensions auto-enrolment.
From 1 October 2012, and depending on the size of the PAYE scheme, employers will have to enrol eligible employees automatically...
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20 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has said that that the increase in parental leave from 13 to 18 weeks will not be implemented by March 2012.
The EU Parental Leave Directive,...
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19 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
On 6 April 2012, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase from one to two years. Further details are here.
When the government announced this change in October 2011, it did not confirm...
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15 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
The Government has launched a consultation on the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
The consultation paper contains two options for consideration:
Option one: an initial fee of between...
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14 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
From 1 October 2012, new laws come into force, requiring all employers in Great Britain to automatically enrol eligible “jobholders” into a pension scheme.
Automatic enrolment was introduced for...
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12 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
2012 is expected to be a very busy year for employment law, with the Government recently announcing a raft of proposals to reform employment law and changes to the employment tribunal system.
I have...
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28 November 2011 | Michael Delaney
The Government recently published its official response to its Resolving Workplace Disputes consultation on reforming the employment tribunal system.
It has now finalised the proposals that will form...
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11 October 2011 | Michael Delaney
Acas has recently launched its new guidance, ‘Voluntary Gender Equality Analysis and Reporting: Action for Workplaces in the Private and Voluntary Sectors’, to help organisations identify and address...
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