Paternity rights: government confirms it won’t make changes
The government has responded to recommendations made by a parliamentary committee earlier this year on how to improve take up of paternity rights by fathers, which are currently low. For example, recently published research on the gender pay gap found… Read on
Constructive dismissal: pay cut entitled employee to bring claim
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently considered the implications of an employer enforcing a drastic pay cut on an employee. Background Commonly, an employee’s constructive dismissal claim will be based on a breach of implied term of mutual trust and… Read on
Shared parental pay and sex discrimination: another decision
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has allowed an appeal in a case brought by a police officer about the practice of paying employees on shared parental leave (SPL) only statutory shared parental pay, while female employees on maternity leave receive… Read on
Bereaved parents entitled to paid leave from 2020
Legislation currently going through Parliament will give employed parents two weeks’ paid leave if they lose a child under the age of 18. There is currently no legal requirement for employers to provide paid time off for grieving relatives but… Read on
Workers entitled to itemised pay statements from next year
The legislation introducing the right to an itemised pay statement has been published but, will not come into force until 6 April 2019. At the moment, only employees, that is those who have a contract of employment are entitled to… Read on
Shared parental leave: dad not entitled to enhanced pay rules EAT
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed a claim of sex discrimination from a father who claimed his employer should pay him the same enhanced pay as a female employee on maternity leave when he took shared parental leave. In… Read on
Gender pay deadline: the figures are in!
4 April 2018 was the deadline for large private and voluntary sector employers (with 250 or more employees) to publish their gender pay gap figures on the government’s dedicated website. Around 1,500 employers missed the deadline and over 1,000 added… Read on
Agency worker’s higher hourly rate didn’t compensate for other less good terms
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently had to consider the rights of agency workers under regulation 5(1) of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR), which requires agency workers to be given the same working and employment conditions as permanent workers… Read on
Statutory parental payments on the up in 2018
From the beginning of April 2018, the statutory payments that eligible employees receive while on maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental or sick leave will go up. Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and maternity allowance will increase to £145.18 (from… Read on
Pay rise for the lowest paid from April 2018
Don’t spend it all at once but, the national living wage and other rates of the national minimum wage are set to go up from April next year! The Chancellor announced the increases in his Autumn Budget last month. For… Read on