The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employers must include commission in holiday pay. Somewhat earlier than expected, the ECJ has handed down its decision in Lock v British Gas on 22nd May 2014 confirming the fears of employers after the Advocate General had earlier expressed his opinion late last year, that commission […]
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From 6th April 2014, Employment Tribunal claimants are now obliged in all but a few type of cases to commence an obligatory conciliation process via the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) before a claim is issued. This is now a formal process whereby claimants will have to include a special reference number of any […]
If you feel that your last employer owes you money in unpaid remuneration and you have been unsuccessful in recovering it yourself, you can make a claim to the Employment Tribunals. This may take various forms Unpaid wages Unpaid bonus Unpaid commission payments Unpaid notice payment Unpaid holiday entitlement However, you need to act quickly. […]
The Equality Act incorporates the same discrimination legislation ie: age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity. These are now called ‘protected characteristics’. The Act however goes further and extends protection to characteristics that were not previously covered by the old separate statutes. It […]
FLEXIBLE WORKING FOR ALL Since 30th June 2014, all employees with at least 26 continuous service have been able to make a formal request to work flexibly. In other words, you don?t need to have kids to decide that you want to work less time and enjoy life more! Prior to the change in law, […]
From the end of?July 2013, the until-now-known-as Compromise Agreements will be termed Settlement Agreements with new rules to protect so-called pre-termination discussions taking place between employers and employees to end a working relationship. It seems that there will be little difference noticed by the average employee/employer as independent legal advice will still be required to […]
