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The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has launched an inquiry into disabled workers' and jobseekers' access to flexible working arrangements across...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) two draft statutory instruments relating to the increase in employment tribunal time limits...
The Victims and Courts Bill has received Royal Assent, introducing reforms aimed at strengthening victims’ rights and improving the operation of the...
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has received Royal Assent. This Act makes it illegal to sell...
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
When submitting an ET3 response, is the respondent required to copy the claimant into the email, or is it sufficient to submit the ET3 response to the employment tribunal (ie does rule 92 apply in relation to submission of ET3)?The procedure relating to employment tribunal claims is governed by the
Is correspondence with Acas during early conciliation without prejudice, or can it be used as evidence in an employment tribunal claim?Under section 18(7) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (ETA 1996), anything communicated to an Acas conciliation officer in connection with the performance of the
Making changes or additions to the claim or response or reply: employment tribunalsFor a variety of reasons, a claimant or respondent may wish or need to:•make amendments to the contents of their ET1 claim form or ET3 response form or reply (to an employer’s counterclaim) after the initial lodging
Settlement, withdrawal, dismissal of claims and consent orders in the employment tribunalIn this Practice Note, where appropriate, references to ‘claimant’ include a respondent advancing a counterclaim and references to ‘respondent’ include a claimant replying to such a counterclaim.The parties
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