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By way of reminder, the UK’s age discrimination legislation is found in both the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, and their link with the retirement provision in the Employment Rights Act 1996. Before the regulations, a company could ‘retire’ a (usually) 65 year old employee simply by virtue of the fact that the employee lost his [...] All Employment Tribunal claims depending on the status of majority shareholders / directors are being stayed until the Court of Appeal gives its judgment in Secretary of State for BERR v Neufeld. My prediction is that the court will uphold the notion that these people can be treated as employees where the contractual relationship is explicit, [...] The Telegraph reports on a Muslim employee who was given a birthday card for his 40th birthday, inscribed with the (joking) message that he was now too old to be terrorist. Omar Fikri brought a claim under the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. As usual the reporting [...] The Law Society / SRA have been announcing the end of the training contract for years and as someone who went through a training contract I’m interested to see what eventually emerges. Legal Week outline some of the new features but there’s nothing on the SRA webpages at the moment. More news as it comes in. Employers frequently do not wish an employee to stay at work during his notice period. Although everyone would accept that there is an obligation to pay notice even if the employee is sat at home, it can irk employers that they have to pay for the notice period, and then pay accrued holiday on top. [...] I once saw written somewhere that Harriet Harman would fail the “wouldn’t mind having a pint with her in the pub” test*, and one only has to listen to her speak to see why. Hot on the heels of positive discrimination comes the institution of the National Equality Panel, announced in a speech to the [...] Apprentices aged under 19, or who are in the first year of their apprenticeships, do not qualify for the minimum wage. There has a been a de facto minimum of £80 per week for the last couple of years, simply as a matter of contract between employers and the Learning & Skills Council. Still, this [...] |
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