Employement Articles

LIFO-Is There Life...

LIFO: is there life in the old dog yet?

For very many years, “last in first out” (or “LIFO” for those of you who like acronyms) was one of the main criteria used to select for redundancies. It was objective and simple to apply.
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 introduced an element of doubt as to the fairness of this criterion. The younger the employee, the less likely he or she is to have a long length of service and the more likely it is that he or she would complain about age discrimination. Consequently, since the introduction of the Regulations, many employment lawyers have erred on the side of caution and discouraged the use of LIFO as a selection criterion.

Employé ou Travailleur Indépendant en Angleterre

Employé ou Travailleur Indépendant en Angleterre
Quelques Différences – Clefs
par
Nicholas Phillips
Solicitor et Associé –William Sturges & Co

nicholas.phillips@williamsturges.co.uk

(Texte d’une conférence donnée aux membres de « the Leeg », le 7 juillet 2009)

Launch Of New ACAS Rules

Grievance and Discipline at work: launch of new ACAS rules

In an aim to reduce numbers of cases going to an Employment Tribunal and following the Dispute Resolution Review (DRR), there are changes to the way organisations must deal with grievance and discipline in the workplace.

Disciplinary And Grievance Procedure

Repeal Of The Statutory Disciplinary And Grievance Procedure: Action!

We recently wrote about the repeal of the Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure. The repeal will be effective from 6 April 2009, although the old regime will still apply to ongoing disciplinary and grievance processes. The aim of the repealed regulations was to introduce a one size fits all procedure for dealing with dismissals and grievances.

Need A Break?

Employers who do not currently provide their workers with an annual leave entitlement of at least 5.6 weeks must now do so after 1 April 2009

From 1 April 2009, the statutory minimum paid annual leave entitlement will rise from 4.8 weeks (24 days for those working a five-day week) to 5.6 weeks (28 days).