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The Department for Work and Pensions has updated the SSP1 form (the employer form issued when Statutory Sick Pay is not payable or is ending) to include the specific reason: “Your earnings in the 8 weeks before your sickness absence began were £0.” This follows the major Statutory Sick Pay reforms that took effect from […]
Employment tribunals do have jurisdiction to resolve disputes about the construction of an employment contract when looking at a claim for unauthorised deductions from wages. In Agarwal v Cardiff University & Another, Ms Agarwal was a consultant urological surgeon at Cardiff University. Part of her salary was withheld because the University believed that she was not […]
Read articleHMRC has updated its guidance on new employees coming to work from abroad in the UK – specifically it has clarified when employees are exempt from National Insurance contributions (NICs). It confirmed that employees from a country outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or a country which does not have a Reciprocal Agreement (RA) or Double […]
Read articleHMRC has updated its calculating the minimum wage guidance – specifically around pay for sleep-in shifts, which has been an area subject to much case law over the past few years and is a major issue for the care sector. The section on sleep-in shifts has been updated to explain HMRC’s latest position on this issue. It reflects the […]
Read articleA new Equal Pay Advice Service has been launched to support those on low incomes who believe they are experiencing pay discrimination and who do not have access to legal advice, enabling them to resolve the situation with their employer. The new service was unveiled alongside findings from the Fawcett Society, which showed that one in three men (35 […]
Read articleThe Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a previous employment tribunal decision that Addison Lee drivers are not self-employed and are in fact workers, entitled to the National Minimum Wage and holiday pay. The judgment agreed with the employment tribunal’s finding that three Addison Lee drivers should be classified as workers. It confirmed that the “unrealistic terms […]
Read articleThe heirs of workers who die while in an employment relationship have the right to financial compensation in lieu of the worker’s untaken paid annual leave, found the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In Wuppertal v Bauer and Willmeroth Broßonn the CJEU held that the Working Time Directive and the Charter of Fundamental Rights […]
Read articleEdinburgh City Council has been heavily criticised after it emerged that it had overpaid staff by around £700,000 during the past two years. The council’s director of resources, Stephen Moir, explained to The Scotsman that the council has a highly complicated set of pay arrangements, with a range of variable payments and around 5,000 individual shift patterns […]
Read articleIndividuals can be liable for the unlawful dismissal of a whistle-blower, along with the employer, the Court of Appeal has confirmed. In Timis and anor V Osipovthe claimant CEO made several protected disclosures about corporate governance matters. A few months later, one of the company’s Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) emailed another NED telling him to dismiss the […]
Read articleEmployment law firm Leigh Day, is seeking compensation for those who work in the supermarket’s stores (mainly women) who believe they are paid less than those working in distribution centres (mainly men), for equal work. This latest announcement follows a series of cases launched by the law firm against the other supermarket giants, including Asda, Sainsbury’s […]
Read articleEmployment tribunal fees may be reintroduced if the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) can find a balance that helps to fund the court system, while also being ‘proportionate and progressive’. Speaking at a House of Commons Justice Committee meeting, Richard Heaton, permanent secretary at the MoJ, explained that although nothing was set in stone and there […]
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