The Taylor Review – now renamed the ‘Good Work’ report, has recently been published. There are a number of points of interest but here are our top ten:- Establishing employment status – the future of the worker – There is confusion in the current three tier system and the two categories of people that are… Read More
Does travel to and from work count as working time?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided guidance on what constitutes working time for those workers with no habitual workplace. The ECJ looked at whether, for these types of workers, time spent travelling from home to customers’ premises and vice versa was working time under the Working Time Directive. It was concluded that it… Read More
Acas Early Conciliation
The anticipated Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedures) have been published and confirm that Early Conciliation will come into force on 6th April 2014 The new legislation means that individuals who wish to bring a claim against their employer in an Employment Tribunal will first need to contact ACAS. It is however worth… Read More
Zero hours in the news again
The topic of zero hours has been in the news again with three developments. Firstly, consultation on the topic is currently underway and is due to close on the 13th March 2014. The points for discussion are situations where workers on zero-hours contracts are subject to a clause preventing them from working elsewhere and secondly… Read More
Financial Penalties for Employers – Likely Commencement Date
Section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“the Act”) will be implemented in April 2014 according to Jo Swinson (Minister of Employment Relations). This section, when in force, will empower Tribunals to impose financial penalties on employers where they breach a workers rights and there are “aggravating features” The penalty will be… Read More