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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has updated three guidances:...
Mark Lewis, HMCTS Service Manager for Employment Tribunals has passed on the following message: ‘Please be aware that all Employment Tribunal online...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has introduced the UK Stewardship Code 2026, setting out updated principles for effective stewardship and higher...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has publicly named 389 employers for failing to pay the national minimum wage, affecting approximately...
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...
Responding to an appealThe EAT will send to all parties who are respondents to the appeal:•the Notice of Appeal, with any amendments which have been permitted•any submissions or skeleton argument lodged by the appellantWithin 28 days of the seal date of the order, unless some other period is
Interest in the employment tribunalThis Practice Note explains the circumstances in which:•an employment tribunal may award interest generally, as an integral part of the amount awarded in respect of the claim (see: Interest as a part of the award below)•interest accrues on any unpaid employment
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
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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