Category Archives: Employment
Employment Law Newsletter – May 2012
Welcome to May’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with changes in employment law, and informing you of recent case law developments. Sunday Trading The Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill received …
Changes to Employment Tribunal Procedure – April 2012
Employment tribunal procedure Deposit orders. The maximum deposit a tribunal will be able to order a party to pay if their claim has little reasonable prospect of success will increase from £500 to £1,000. The change will affect all cases …
Employment Law Case Developments – March 2012
Highlights of recent court and tribunal decisions include the following: Redundancy dismissal to avoid pension liability justified on particular facts In Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] the Court of Appeal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that an NHS …
Employment Law Newsletter – April 2012
Welcome to April’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with forthcoming changes to legislation and case developments. Highlights of the changes coming into force in April 2012 are as follows: Unfair dismissal The qualifying period …
Employment Law Newsletter – March 2012
Welcome to March’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with changes in employment law, and informing you of recent case law developments. Unfair dismissal Qualifying Period A draft Order relating to the increase of the …
Our View: Protecting yourself is just as important as looking after your staff… says Anna Bunting – employment partner at Davis Blank Furniss, Manchester.
In the current economic climate, more and more employers are finding themselves with tricky employment tribunal claims as redundancies and staff restructuring become a necessity. This isn’t great news so it’s now more important than ever to have strong and …
Employment Law Newsletter – February 2012
Welcome to February’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with forthcoming changes to legislation and case developments. Increase to tribunal rates As of 1st February 2012 the following limits apply Limit on a week’s …
Davis Blank Furniss launches HR Department
Davis Blank Furniss, the Manchester based law firm, is this week launching a brand new department which will offer companies of all sizes bespoke HR support from a handpicked team of experienced Employment Law solicitors. The new team is headed …
Employment Law Newsletter – January 2012
Welcome to January’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with changes in employment law, and informing you of recent case law developments. Consultation launched on Tribunal fee structures The Ministry of Justice launched a consultation …
New rates of statutory maternity pay and sick pay announced
The proposed rates for statutory sick pay and statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay for 2012 have been announced. The rates expected to come into force on 9 April 2012 are: •Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Additional Paternity, Adoption Pay and Maternity …
