Spring Series 2017 – Employment Law Updates
For our spring series of seminars this year, we will be looking at the topic of Equality and Discrimination, discussing the different types of discrimination, disability discrimination in focus and equal pay. As always, we will round off the sessions… Ask the Expert – Statutory maternity pay for a departing employee
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We have an employee who is due to give birth in a few weeks. The employee was supposed to commence maternity leave at that time, but has now provided us with notice of resignation and will leave us before… Legal Issues – National minimum wage increases
Prior to the introduction of the new National Living Wage (NLW) in April 2016, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) increased on 1 October each year.
The NMW will now increase each April, and from 1 April 2017 the new rates… Health & Safety – Company fined after accident on shop floor
Ms Collins, a student who was working part time in a Wilko store in Leicester, has been left paralysed due to severe spinal injuries caused when a metal cage full of paint tins fell on her on the shop floor.… Tribunal Tale – A failure to act can amount to gross misconduct
The Court of Appeal (CA) has upheld a finding that an employee’s summary dismissal (i.e. without notice) following a finding of gross negligence was lawful as it amounted to gross misconduct.
In most instances, a finding of gross misconduct is…