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Keeping updated on employment law, cases of note, changes in legally defined rates such as Maternity Pay, can be a challenge. BusinessHR provides this and much more in its monthly newsletters which you can subscribe to for free.
To wet your appetite before you subscribe copies from the last six months are shown below. To register for the newsletter, simply use the sign-up form in the left hand column.
BusinessHR January 2013 Newsletter
Employment law update
Changes to common statutory payments
Pensions update - changes to automatic enrolment thresholds
Redundancy - reduction in collective consultation period
Employee-Shareholder Contracts
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Changes to the Equality Act 2010
Some interesting cases
Equal pay:
Discrimination - employee liability:
Discrimination - religion:
Dismissal - procedure when there is a breakdown in trust and confidence:
Dismissal - redundancy following a period of short time working: Dutton v Jones t/a Llandow Metals
Dismissal - long term sickness and PHI schemes:
Dismissal - breach of health and safety:
Tribunal claims - time deadlines:
TUPE - ETO defence and compensation:
Contracts - mistakes:
Employment status - worker or not: UK Mail Ltd v Creasey
Non-employees - discrimination protection does not extend to volunteers:
Trade union rights - recruitment and blacklisting:
New on the website
And finally....
Some interesting statistics
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BusinessHR December 2012 Newsletter
Employment law update
Changes to immigration rules as from 13 December 2012
From January 2013 - a new 'one-in, TWO-out' rule
From March 2013 onwards - changes to maternity, adoption, paternity and flexible working
Pensions auto-enrolment - update
Changes to form P45 on the way
New guidance on disclosure and barring
EU proposes 40% female quota 'target'
New employee ownership contracts?
TUPE- new guidance on public sector transfers
Some interesting cases
Working time - holidays:
Absence and incremental pay increases:
Discrimination - religious harassment:
Discrimination - sexual orientation and comments on Facebook:
Discrimination - disability and race discrimination:
Discrimination - religion:
Discrimination - age and compulsory retirement ages:
Discrimination - disability:
Discrimination - political affiliation:
Discipline - right to legal representation:
Discipline - previous warnings:
Dismissal - length of continuous service for FTC:
Dismissal - contract is in existence prior to starting work:
Dismissal - redundancy:
Tribunals - unless orders:
TUPE - definition of short term duration and settlements:
Restrictive covenants - non-solicitation:
Disclosure of criminal convictions and cautions:
New on the website
And finally....
A few interesting statistics
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BusinessHR October 2012 Newsletter
Employment law update
Reminder re increase in the National Minimum Wage
Revised HMRC advisory fuel rates for company vehicles
No increase to jury service rates
More on pensions and auto-enrolment
Final date for retirement under the default retirement age
Changes in Northern Ireland - arbitration alternative to tribunals
Further reforms ahead?
Imposed diversity at board level?
Apprenticeships grants to be more widely available
Agency workers one year on
Some interesting cases
Dismissal - misconduct: Nejjary v Aramark Ltd
Dismissal - breach of trust and confidence: Governing Body of Tubbenden Primary School v Sylvester
Dismissal - constructive dismissal and reasons for resignation: Logan v Celyn House Limited
TUPE: harmonising terms and conditions: Manchester College v Hazel & Huggins
Employment status - LLP members: Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co LLP
Tribunal claims - continuity of employment: Holt v EB Security Ltd
Tribunals - calling additional witnesses: North Bristol NHS Trust v Harrold
Tribunals - expert witnesses and procedure: GCHQ v Bacchus
Tribunal awards: Local Government Yorkshire and Humber v Shah
Health and safety news
Reduction in health and safety inspections - but charges for those in breach
More on stress
New on the website
And finally....
The usual round up of statistics
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