Category Archives: Employment Reforms

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently determined that continuity of employment will be deemed to start from the date upon which the employee begins work under the contract, and not at the point at which the employee undertakes activities … Continue reading →

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced that draft Regulations, which are intended to make it simpler for employers to buy back shares from ‘employee owners’, are to be released soon. The Regulations are likely to include … Continue reading →

The government has announced that it is planning to take more aggressive steps to clamp down on employers who do not pay the national minimum wage after successfully reclaiming £192,808 in unpaid wages owed to interns, volunteers and work experience … Continue reading →

In our email update 117 (16 August 2012), we reported that the Ministry of Defence had produced a consultation paper on how best to generate increased numbers of reservists. The consultation has now closed and the response is due to … Continue reading →

An employment tribunal claim has recently been brought against a well-known multinational on the grounds that it allegedly discriminated against a job applicant by rejecting his application because of his African name. The applicant states that when he reapplied under … Continue reading →

On 16 April 2013 the House of Commons voted to reinstate the government’s employee shareholder status proposal into the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. This comes less than one month after the proposal was rejected by the House of Lords. The … Continue reading →

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has just published a ‘Progress on Reform’ report which sets out a new implementation timetable in respect of some of the more major employment law reforms due to come into force later … Continue reading →