Employment Law Bulletin archive 2009

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ELB 872 30 December 2009
Maximum unfair dismissal compensation award to decrease, maternity, paternity
and adoption pay to increase to £124.88, revised code of practice on time off
for trade union duties, pre-Budget Report 2009: national insurance to rise by
1% from April 2011, Wilson v Health and Safety Executive

ELB 871 9 December 2009
Government confirms proposals to outlaw trade union blacklisting, consultation
on implementation of European Works Council Directive, right to request time
off for training, the duty to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment
process, Stuart Peters Ltd v Bell, young person risk assessment form

ELB 870 25 November 2009
Queen's Speech outlines Labour's forthcoming employment legislation, Pereda
poses new problem for paid annual leave and sickness, Pereda v Madrid
Movilidad SA, Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower
Hamlets v Wooster, collective grievance procedure

ELB 869 11 November 2009
Government calls for evidence on default retirement age, Tapere v South
London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Lomond Motors Ltd v Clark, Somerset
County Council and another v Pike, tailored reasonable adjustment agreement
for an employee with a disability

ELB 868 28 October 2009
Government plans to phase in right to time off for training, Government launches
consultation on Temporary Agency Work Directive, the draft Agency Workers
Regulations 2010, how to obtain and use medical reports on employees, good
practice on assisting redundant employees, Amnesty International v Ahmed

ELB 867 14 October 2009
Dramatic rise in redundancy-related employment tribunal claims, employment
law under a new Conservative Government, employment tribunals awards and
claims 2008-09, employment law under a new Government, how to deal with
disclosure in employment tribunal proceedings

ELB 866 30 September 2009
Government consults on additional paternity leave, High Court gives its
decision in the Heyday retirement age case, October 1: National minimum wage
rises to £5.80, October 1: Maximum amount of a week’s pay rises to £380,
absence management survey: take part in our research

ELB 865 9 September 2009
Guidance published on employing children, redundancy survey: take part in
our research, dismissal of Gate Gourmet workers taking part in industrial action,
was reasonable, how to give witness evidence in employment tribunal
proceedings, Cheltenham Borough Council v Laird

ELB 864 26 August 2009
Acas publishes new guides on employee representation, consultation on
voluntary pay gap reporting in the private sector, HM Revenue and Customs v
Stringer, SCA Packaging Limited v Boyle, Bournemouth University Higher
Education Corporation v Buckland

ELB 863 12 August 2009
Certification Officer reports increase in union membership, judicial role of the
House of Lords ends, how to deal with pregnancy, maternity and fixed-term
contracts, Rolls-Royce plc v Unite, Dumfries and Galloway Council v North and
others, policy setting out structure of a pre-maternity-leave interview

ELB 862 29 July 2009
Acas reports a 22% increase in unfair dismissal claims, maximum amount of a
week's pay for employment claims will rise to £380, Government finalises
amendments to national minimum wage legislation, Carl v University of
Sheffield, Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd v Coutinho

ELB 861 15 July 2009
Review of 65 default retirement age brought forward to 2010, CAC reports
decline in applications for union recognition, Government launches
consultation on proposals to outlaw blacklisting, HR & Compliance Centre named business
media brand of the year at 2009 PPA awards

ELB 860 2 July 2009
Equality Bill: Government consults on specific equality duties, Northern Ireland
Government consults on workplace dispute resolution, Low Pay Commission to
report on apprentices' minimum wage, the Equality Bill: part three, McLean v
TLC Marketing plc and others, term-time working policy

ELB 859 17 June 2009
House of Lords gives final ruling in Stringer sick leave case, Government
mergesBERR and DIUS to form BIS, the Equality Bill: part two, how to
consider and handle alternatives to redundancy in an economic downturn,
Alemo-Herron and others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd, team briefing policy

ELB 858 3 June 2009
Consultation launched on new system of "fit-notes", Government announces
new measures to enforce tribunal awards, Government to prohibit union
blacklisting, national minimum wage to rise to £5.80 an hour from October
2009, the Equality Bill: part one

ELB 857 13 May 2009
Government consults on Agency Workers Directive, Government to outlaw use
of tips to make up minimum wage, Equality Bill: Government consults on
multiple discrimination, Chondol v Liverpool City Council, model flu pandemic
contingency plan, House of Lords hears Stringer case

ELB 856 29 April 2009
Equality Bill published, Budget 2009: one-off increase in statutory redundancy
pay, tribunal rejects challenge to Agenda for Change validity, right to return to
same job after a period of maternity/parental leave, Small and others v Boots
Co and another, mediation policy, mediation agreement

ELB 855 15 April 2009
6 April 2009: Statutory dispute resolution procedures repealed, Government
consults on Pregnant Workers Directive, how to handle grievances raised during
disciplinary procedures, Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman, right to
request flexible working extended, Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT v Jocelyn Grey

ELB 854 26 March 2009
Equal pay claims account for one-third of employment tribunal claims,
regulations extending right to request flexible working published, Parliament
approves Acas code on disciplinary and grievance procedures, no post-
transfer TUPE consultation rights

ELB 853 11 March 2009
ECJ rules that default retirement age may be justified, repeal of the statutory
dispute resolution procedures, Wilson v Health and Safety Executive, grievance
policy and accompanying letters and forms, Stringer and others v Her Majesty’s
Revenue and Customs

ELB 852 25 February 2009
"Married off in India" remark constituted harassment, step-one letter failed to
inform employee that he was at risk of dismissal, sexual orientation and religion:
clash of the discrimination strands, London Borough of Islington v Ladele,
policy on infectious diseases in the workplace

ELB 851 11 February 2009
Norton Tool principle applies in cases of unfair constructive dismissal, the
Lindsey Oil Refinery dispute - the legal issues examined, English v Thomas
Sanderson Blinds, letter announcing a new colleague's appointment, EAT
rules on extent of duty to make reasonable adjustments in disability cases

ELB 850 28 January 2009
BERR publishes statement of forthcoming legislation, ECJ rules on paid annual
leave and long-term sickness, calculating entitlement to guarantee payments,
Hibbins v Hesters Way Neighbourhood Project, letter in relation to keeping job
applicant’s details on file, letter in relation to alternative vacancy for job applicant

ELB 849 14 January 2009
April repeal of statutory dispute resolution procedures is confirmed, Acas
council approves guide to complement discipline and grievance code,
calculating SMP with salary sacrifice and childcare vouchers, and occupational
maternity pay, voluntary reduced working hours policy

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