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2015 Top 100 Employers for LGB staff published by Stonewall

2 February 2015

2 February 2015

Cabinet Office guidance on settlement agreements in the civil service

The Cabinet Office has published Cabinet Office Guidance on Settlement Agreements, Special Severance Payments and Confidentiality Clauses on Termination of Employment....

2 February 2015

BIS consults on amendments to tribunal rules on postponements

BIS has started a consultationon Amendments to Employment Tribunal Postponement Procedures...

2 February 2015

First referrals for Fit for Work service

Workplace Savings and Benefits have reported that 20 GPs in Sheffield are the first in the country to be able to refer patients to the...

23 January 2015

No financial penalties against employers under ERRA 2013

S.16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 came into force on 6 April 2014, inserting new S.12A into the Employment Tribunals Act 1996,...

23 January 2015

Reasonable adjustment duty not applicable while employee unfit to return to work

In Doran v Department for Work and Pensions Doran started a period of sickness due to stress on 12 January 2010...

23 January 2015

Acas revises wording in Code on accompaniment to hearings in light of EAT judgment

Following consultation, Acas has made a small revision to the Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures to take into account of the EAT...

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BIS publishes updated technical guide to shared parental leave and pay

23 January 2015

23 January 2015

Caste discrimination where linked to ethnicity is racial discrimination

Caste is not a "protected characteristic" under S.9 of the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010), and therefore not expressly prohibited as a ground for discrimination...

16 January 2015

Government to launch older workers’ scheme to tackle age discrimination

From April 2015, the Government is rolling out an older workers’ champion scheme across every part of the UK to tackle the age discrimination which...

16 January 2015

Fit for Work advisory service launched

A website has been launched providing information to complement the Fit for Work service which will be provided under the terms of a Government funded...

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Four in five deterred by employment tribunal fees

16 January 2015

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