by webmaster | 20 Dec, 2018 | Discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held in Wood v Durham County Council that it is not disability discrimination to dismiss an employee with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and associated amnesia for shoplifting. This is because the employee was dismissed...
by webmaster | 27 Nov, 2018 | Fees, Tribunal Cases
The Ministry of Justice has announced this month that employment tribunal fees may be reintroduced. Secretary for the MoJ, Richard Heaton voiced his confidence stating that a fee-based system could be found which does not deny Claimants access to justice. The case...
by webmaster | 27 Nov, 2018 | Parental Leave, Pay and Benefits, Uncategorised
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has received Royal Assent and is expected to come into force in 2020. The new Act will allow all employed parents who lose a child under the age of 18, or suffer a stillbirth from 24 weeks of pregnancy, a right to two...
by webmaster | 30 Oct, 2018 | Discrimination
Gender pay reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees. This week the Government Equalities Office has published a summary of...
by webmaster | 30 Oct, 2018 | Latest changes, Pay and Benefits, Tax
Following yesterdays budget announcement, the Chancellor has announced that the personal allowance for income tax will be increased from £11,850 to £12,500, while the threshold at which you pay a higher rate of income tax is set to rise from £46,350 to £50,000 from...
