Greetings, it’s the last Friday of the month which means it is time for our monthly employment law update. Last week’s case law update was about knowledge of employee disability whilst our January Newsletter had features on Phil Neville, RyanAir, Tribunal Fee refunds and the dismissal of Kiosk Keith. Once again employment issues have dominated […]
After the thrill of payslips our second legislative update this month is the announcement of the new National Minimum Wage rates. The new minimum wage rates come into effect on 1st April 2018 and are: National Living Wage (Over 25s) will rise from £7.50 to £7.83 Workers aged between 21-24 will rise from £7.05 to […]
Our final legislative update for this month concerns the Tribunal Awards. Every year Tribunal Awards are increased in line with inflation. The current rates will increase on 6th April 2018 The new Tribunal Awards rates will be: The maximum week’s pay (for redundancy payments and the unfair dismissal basic award) will increase £508 from £489 […]
The gig economy is an issue that urgently needed addressing this year. The Taylor Report, whilst lacking teeth, did outline some suggestions to improve conditions for the 1.1 million people currently doing gig work. The Government however, has not implemented the report well and the proposals do not really address any of the issues with […]
A recent survey of over 1,000 business decision makers by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that a large proportion of employers hold antiquated views. Maternity and sex discrimination in the workplace: Nearly half of employers think it is acceptable to ask a female applicant if she has children during an interview (46%) […]
PJH Law is pleased to announce that it has passed its latest annual Lexcel Assessment. Lexcel is an accreditation for quality legal practice management standards and we are now in our 12th year of having the accreditation. Lexcel Report Our latest Lexcel report mentioned that, “The firm is consistently highly rated by its clients, and […]
To complete this month’s update, we have another tale of spectacular stupidity that did the rounds in the tabloids. Now, previous cases in this segment have included some peculiar sexual incidents, including a man inappropriately eating a banana! However, this case is not only bizarre but also quite explicit, reader discretion is advised. Tesco Office […]
