Employment Law News

• Unlawful deductions from pay

  Last year 71,300 claims for unauthorised deductions were brought in front of the employment tribunal, the second most common claim brought by employees. The most common examples of unlawful deductions made by employers are Bonuses, Underpayment of commission, Tips, Holiday pay, Late payment of wages, Reduction in pay and Pay rises. Read more ...

• Employment Law Changes - April 2012

  The main change made this month was to increase the qualifying period for employees to claim unfair dismissal from one year to two years. This only applies to new employees who started work on or after 6 April, which means that it is fairly straightforward – anyone already employed before then will retain the one-year qualifying period. Employers will need to check an employee’s start date carefully before dismissing him or her to establish whether they have the right to bring a claim or not. Read more ...

• Sensitive handling of sickness at work

  Sickness is a sensitive issue which requires correct handling if you are to avoid any inference that you have been unfair or heavy handed: on the other hand you cannot be expected to stand back and watch absenteeism decimate the work force and extinguish your profits. Read more ...

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