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- Seldon Judgment: Supreme Court gives guidance on compulsory retirement
- Automatic Enrolment in Staff Pension Schemes
- Advice on Compromise Agreements
- 6 April 2012 Employment Tribunal shake up
- Qualifying periods set to increase
- Skype used in the Employment Tribunal
- Mistreatment due to Sexual Orientation
- IVF - Your Employment Rights
- Disability Discrimination and Reasonable Adjustments
- Employers' obligations towards homeworkers
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Paternity leave changes in April 2010 for babies born April 2011
- HIV and the Workplace
- An employer’s ability to pay is “irrelevant”!
- Employment Tribunals – The Great Shake-Up
- Employers know your legal rights - legal updates!
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Updates
The Reading Employment Tribunal is the first Tribunal known to have allowed a case to conclude via Skype.
Government proposals to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will become new legislation effective from 6 April 2012. For employers employed on or after 6 April 2012, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will be 2 years.
The change is not retrospective, which means that employees who joined an employer prior to 6 April 2012 will still be subject to a 1 year qualifying period.
If I am treated less favourably because service providers or my employer THINKS I am gay, but doesn't know for sure is this still discrimination?
The Government has responded to Law Society calls for clarification about the validity of compromise agreements drafted under the Equality Act.
From October 2012 employees will start to be enrolled into a pension scheme automatically by their employer.
One of the most significant judgments on age discrimination was handed down on 25 April 2012 by the Supreme Court. However, critics warn that the judgment may have left the door open for businesses to set their own retirement age for staff.
Employee's and Employer's should be forewarned that Facebook, twitter and other social media cites can lead to grievances, disciplinary action and employment cases/hearings.....
On 6 April 2012, changes will come into effect in the Employment Tribunal, which aim to make it easier for businesses to take on staff and to simplify the process of terminating employment.