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6 April is one of the two regular dates each year on which new employment laws come into force. As foreseen - last week, some important changes came into force regarding Statutory Payment Rates, Unfair Dismissal Qualifying Period, Tribunal Procedure, and Compromise Agreements.

It has been announced that the late May public holiday will not take place at the end of May this year, but will be moved to Monday 4 June 2012 instead. It has also been confirmed that the additional public holiday for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will take place the following day, Tuesday 5 June 2012. 

When an employee’s role is declared redundant, it does not automatically follow that the employment relationship will be terminated...

In Update 78 we informed you of the Government’s decision to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one to two years.

Update 99 – Minimum Wage Breaks £6 barrier for the first time

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 are in force from Today. The Regulations introduce new rights for agency workers by providing them with the same rights as employees of the organisation hiring them, subject to certain conditions.

On 1 September 2011 ACAS launched guidance on its website to help UK employers and employees get to grips with cyber issues which are estimated to cost businesses millions of pounds every year.

A new Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) judgment has determined that a worker who had been on sick leave for an entire leave year was entitled to a payment in respect of that previous year’s full annual holiday entitlement, when shortly after the start of the new leave year her employment was terminated.

Update 93 - The UK Supreme Court has decided that a teaching assistant was not after all entitled to legal representation at disciplinary proceedings related to allegations of sexual misconduct with a child.

In a recent case an employee, Mr Cherfi (C) brought a claim against his employer (G4S) for discrimination following their refusal to allow him to leave work to attend Friday prayers at a Mosque.