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ECJ ruling on ‘banning headscarves’ is a ‘large backwards step’

16th March 2017

Case C-157/15, G4S Secure Solutions Employers can’t simply “ban headscarves” following the new European Court of Justice ruling.

News

New figures show an increase in zero-hours contracts

16th March 2017

Zero-hour contracts now represent nearly 3% of all people in employment in the UK. Official figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimate that 905,000 people are on the contracts.

Articles

Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Five things employers need to know

13th March 2017

With new gender pay gap reporting obligations set to come into force next month, employers are turning their attention to how they will comply with the new regime. From 2017 and each subsequent year, an employing entity with 250 or more employees as at 5 April must publish certain statistics relating to bonus pay and hourly pay, to highlight any gender pay gap in relation to its employees. Slightly different rules apply to public sector employers, where the relevant date is 31 March.

News

Gig-economy – Legal action launched in latest case of ‘forced self-employment’

7th March 2017

Union GMB has announced it will start legal action on behalf of members working as couriers for delivery company, DX. The union says that legal action will be taken with the aim of securing rights on pay, holidays, health and safety, discipline and grievances, on behalf of members who work as couriers and drivers for DX.

News

Gender pay gap in Britain is “shaped by racial inequality”

6th March 2017

Pay-squeeze-cost-living-crisis

News

A million workers on zero hours contracts: “inevitable”

3rd March 2017

The number of people on zero hours contracts has risen to a new high of 910,000.

Employment Law Cases

Peninsula Business Service Limited v Baker (disability harassment and victimisation)

3rd March 2017

Disability Discrimination

Employment Law Cases

Capita Translation and Interpreting Limited v Siauciunas (worker and employee status)

1st March 2017

worker status employment tribunal

News

Employers should commit to diversity at different pay bands, says review

28th February 2017

The UK economy could be boosted by £24bn-a-year if black and minority ethnic (BME) people progressed in work at the same rate as their white counterparts. That’s according to a new government-backed review, which has been published today.

News

Are you underpaid? New Government campaign aims to raise lowest paid workers’ knowledge of their rights

26th February 2017

Are tips counted as part of your pay? If so, you could be underpaid, according to a new Government campaign.
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