Pay and benefits

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  Employment law cases

  Caste discrimination claimant awarded £183,774 in unpaid wages

  A claimant who brought a groundbreaking caste discrimination case has been awarded £183,774 for unlawful deductions from wages, with further compensation to come for race discrimination.

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  FAQs

  Where an employer provides company cars to its employees, is it obliged to make the cars no-smoking areas under the smoke-free legislation?

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  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay: Northern Ireland Court of Appeal decision suggests regular voluntary overtime should be included

  The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has held that there is no reason in principle why voluntary overtime should not be included in holiday pay, if it is normally carried out and is an "appropriately permanent feature" of the worker's remuneration.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  John Bracken and Nancy Goldman-Edwards are trainee solicitors and Chris McAvoy, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  How to

  How to select, devise and use a job evaluation scheme

  Practical guidance on how to select, devise and use a job evaluation scheme, for example for the purpose of introducing a single pay and grading structure or carrying out an equal pay audit.

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  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay: tribunal adds wording into UK working time legislation to cover commission

  On its return from the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the employment tribunal in this important case has read an extra subsection into the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) to comply with the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC).

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  How to

  How to introduce and review a pay and grading structure

  Practical guidance on introducing and reviewing a pay and grading structure, including single grade structures; narrow grade structures; broadbanding; job families; and career families.

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  Employment law cases

  National minimum wage: deduction for repayment of training fees

  In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered that national minimum wage legislation is not breached when a deduction is made on termination for the repayment of the cost of a training course if the worker is responsible for the termination of his or her employment (typically, by resigning).

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  FAQs

  What is the tax exemption for employer-funded medical treatment?

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  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay: Regular, non-guaranteed overtime pay to be included in holiday pay calculation

  In Bear Scotland Ltd and others v Fulton and others; Hertel (UK) Ltd v Woods and others; Amec Group Ltd v Law and others [2015] IRLR 15 EAT, the EAT held that payment in respect of overtime that the worker is obliged to work when it is available, but that is not guaranteed by the employer, constitutes part of the worker's normal remuneration and as such should be included in the computation of the worker's holiday pay.