Those barristers who aren’t already should join the Employment Law Bar Association. Their latest offering is a seminar on understanding tax in the context of Employment Law. That may or may not set your heart racing, but what will excite many is that the course is in Birmingham but you can join in remotely, and [...]
Quick reminder on how Statutory Redundancy Pay is calculated. Take your employee’s weekly wage, then award:
0.5 week’s pay for each full year of service where age during year less than 22
1.0 week’s pay for each full year of service where age during year is 22 or above, but less than 41
1.5 weeks’ pay for each [...]
Part of the lack of updates to this blog recently means I’m late reporting on a true employment law internet luminary reaching a real milestone. Daniel Barnett, barrister at 1 Temple Gardens, has been sending email employment law bulletins to just about everyone in the industry, from barristers to CIPD students, for ten years. And [...]
The excellent Employment Tribunal Claims blog (which I shall now belatedly add to my blogroll), has performed some analysis on the frequency and amount of costs orders in the tribunals.
In summary, they report that the percentage of cases which proceed to a full hearing that result in a costs order against the Claimant is less [...]
The reason that the regulations concerning sexual orientation and religion and belief will cause so many thorny problems is that the latter may well protect opinions and points of views (what else is a religion or philosophical belief?) that are rather strongly against the practice and free expression of the former.
The Times reports that a [...]
Following a period of shameful inactivity there will, by the end of this week, be a redesign of Usefully Employed – not necessarily aesthetic, but centred around content. Note that service may therefore be intermittent during this time.
What would you like to see on an employment law website like this one? Clearly there’s a limit to [...]