UK employment Law Enews - 2006 archive

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December 21 2006 Enews
* DTI announces review of statutory dispute resolution procedures
* Heyday encourages workers to lodge age discrimination claims
* ACAS advice on Christmas parties
* Immigration Update

December 11 2006 Enews
* Can criminal proceedings justify dismissal?
* Government responds on paternity leave proposals
* Planning for smoke-free workplaces
* New compensation limits announced

November 27 2006 Enews
* Unfair disciplinary procedure
* Are workers on long term sick leave entitled to holiday pay?
* New absence management tool
* Immigration - Outline of Principal Changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)

October 30 2006 Enews
* Raising a grievance
* Grievance hearings and "without prejudice" discussions
* Judicial discretion and compliance with Employment Tribunal Rules

October 16 2006 Enews
* ECJ rules length of service pay differential is permitted
* Enhanced Redundancy terms held to be contractual
* Age Discrimination - date set for challenge
* Bullying at work - new research published
* Employment Law Update Workshop

October 2 2006 Enews
* Age Discrimination Regulations now in force
* Age Audit
* Contracts of Employment MAY include implied terms of "co-operation" and "anti-avoidance"
* Employment Law Update Workshop

September 4 2006 Enews
* Mutuality of Obligation in Employment Contracts
* Top-10 Reasons for an Employers' failure to Pay National Minimum Wage
* Employment Law Update Breakfast Briefing

August 21 2006 Enews
* Employer hit for PAYE Contributions for "Self-Employed" Contractor
* Following Sick Pay Policy for Disabled Employees is not Discrimination
* Is the Statutory Grievance Procedure Working Effectively?

August 7 2006 Enews
* Hefty damages for workplace bullying
* Employees must wait 28 days after raising a grievance before bringing a claim
* Paid to Sleep

July 24 2006 Enews
* Sickness ruled to not constitute 'disability'
* Fixed-term employees may have become permanent on 10 July 2006
* House of Lords confirms employers can be vicariously liable under the protection from harassment act

July 10 2006 Enews
* High Court Challenge to Age Regulations
* Sick Pay Proposals Scrapped
* Calls for Equal Pay at Wimbledon

June 26 2006 Enews
* Damages over £25,000 for breach of contract claims cannot be recovered in civil courts following tribunal decision
* Proposals to extend statutory holiday entitlement
* New update on taxation of computer equipment provided for employees
* Male nurse wins sex discrimination appeal

June 12 2006 Enews
* Dismissal of BNP Bus Driver did not breach Race Discrimination Act
* Notification of Redundancy Bill Introduced to Parliament
* Pensions Law Workshop 13 June 2006
* Practical Implications of the new Age Discrimination Regulations Workshop, Tuesday 4 July 2006

May 30 2006 Enews
* Advocate General stresses the need for justification when applying length of service criterion
* House of Lords gives radical decision in asbestos case
* Deficiencies during investigation into an employee's conduct did not render employer's behaviour unreasonable
* Pensions Law Workshop 13 June 2006

May 15 2006 Enews
* Repayment Clauses in Compromise Agreements Not Always Valid
* House of Lords Dismiss Rutherford 'Age Discrimination' Appeal
* Age Discrimination Breakfast Briefing, Norwich
* Pensions Law Workshop 13 June 2006
* Temporary Workers: The Legal, Financial and Practical Position

May 2 2006 Enews
* New Guidance on definition of "disability"
* Employee with HIV brings claim of Disability Discrimination
* Age Discrimination survey highlights concerns for employers
* Age Discrimination Breakfast Briefing, Norwich

April 18 2006 Enews
* ECJ Rules on Rolled-Up Holiday Pay
* Age Discrimination - The Case of Mangold v Helm
* Practical Implications of the new Age Discrimination Regulations Workshop
* Polkey Principle alive and well

April 3 2006 Enews
* New case analyses Harassment Defence for Employers
* New Amendment announced for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Legislation
* Tribunal claims - Time Limits
* Government retains variable multiplier
* Practical Implications of the new Age Discrimination Regulations Workshop

March 20 2006 Enews
* Final Age Discrimination Regulations Published
* Age Audit
* steeles Age Discrimination Workshop - 17 May 2006
* Statutory Grievance Letters - Must set out nature of Tribunal complaint
* Homosexual Banker sues HSBC for £5 million

Employment Law Enews - Pension Law Special
Special addition of employment law enews briefing focusing on Pension Law following the Pensions Act 2004 and associated Legislation.

March 6 2006 Enews
* Part-time firefighters fight back!
* Son (Daughter) of TUPE!
* Employer's liability - The scope is widened
* Practical Implications of the new Age Discrimination Regulations Workshop

February 20 2006 Enews
* House of Lords decides on greater protection for overseas employees
* Termination of Commercial Agency Agreements - compensation for actual loss
* Protection for employees who refuse to participate in dangerous work

February 6 2006 Enews
* Failure to consult with employees under TUPE - a costly business
* Lapsed warning letters
* Draft regulations - maternity, paternity and adoption leave

January 23 2006 Enews
* Mutuality of Obligation
* Data Protection Act 1998 and Employee References
* Work and Families Bill - Update
* Top 10 Employment Law Issues of 2005

January 9 2006 Enews
* Letter of resignation amounts to a formal grievance
* Defending Equal Pay claims - Good news for employers
* UK criticised for discriminatory treatment of transsexuals
* Forthcoming seminars