Pay levels and awards

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Jessica Alice-Curtis is a trainee solicitor, Lucy Melville is a paralegal and Nigel Cousin, David Rintoul and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  FAQs

  Do mobile workers have to be paid for travel between home and their first and last appointments of the day?

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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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  Employment law cases

  HR's oral assurance over pay increase did not trump contract

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an entire agreement clause was effective in precluding reliance on a prior oral assurance given by HR that salary would increase by annual increments subject to satisfactory performance.

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  Employment law cases

  National minimum wage: higher education exception for UK workers justified

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a "higher education course" under the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/584) relates to courses undertaken only in the UK and therefore disproportionately excludes foreign students and is indirectly discriminatory, but is justified as a proportionate means of preventing abuse of the national minimum wage system, which is a legitimate aim.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Colin Makin are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues and Dominic Speedie are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Victoria Bell is managing associate and Gerri Hurst, Carly Mather and Andrew Nealey are associates and Eleanor Cittern is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP.

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  How to

  How to use the pay resources on Brightmine

  Practical guidance on using the pay data housed on Brightmine, including how we collect, collate and analyse the largest sample of UK pay deals, and salary and job pricing data.

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  How to

  How to implement a pay freeze

  Practical guidance on how to implement a pay freeze as a result of the annual pay review.

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  Tasks

  Use inflation in pay setting