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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's response to its consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations, which was published on 4 March 2025.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect the NJC pay scale, as agreed in October 2024, applicable from 1 April 2024.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to introduce a framework for a Fair Pay Agreement process in the adult social care sector.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to re-establish a negotiating body for school support staff.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill reinstates the "two-tier code" relating to the protection of workers under public-sector outsourcing contracts.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Wright-Turner v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and another, the employment tribunal held that a senior council officer's dismissal while on sick leave, with no warning, fair procedure or opportunity to appeal, was unlawful disability discrimination.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2024.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
Updated to include the details of 13 new pay awards across the sector.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Cox v Lancashire County Council, an employment tribunal held that allowing an autistic employee's wife to accompany him at a disciplinary hearing was a reasonable adjustment under disability discrimination legislation.
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- Date:
- 5 February 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
HR professionals in public authorities may think that the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector in April 2021 will not affect them. However, public-sector bodies need to be aware of, and prepare for, some changes to the rules.