The Immigration Act 2014 received its Royal Assent on 14th May 2014. Subject to Parliamentary approval, it is anticipated that a new scheme will be implemented from October 2014 that will affect private landlords who are taking on new tenants…
On 30 June 2014, the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees with at least 26 weeks’ continuous service, rather than just confined to those with children under the age of 17 (or 18 if the…
Employers are reminded that the minimum time period for complying with the rules regarding the provision of employee liability information when there is a relevant transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) is extended from…
Following the launch of Early Conciliation (EC) on 6 April 2014, around 1,000 people a week have contacted the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) with a view to using EC to settle a workplace dispute and 98 per cent…
A senior bank employee, whose boss told him ‘you’re not 25 anymore’ when trying to persuade him to move on from his role, has failed to convince the Emploment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that his constructive dismissal was triggered by age…
Businesses that use flexi-time schemes should take note of a recent EAT judgment that an employee, who was not paid on termination of employment for over 1000 extra hours worked under a flexi-hours scheme, had not suffered an unlawful deduction…
Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) cases highlight some of the issues a business needs to consider when contemplating dismissing an employee. The first case is a reminder to employers that contractual termination provisions must be clearly drafted and will…
Businesses should be made aware of a number of changes to employment law that will take effect on 6 April 2014. These include: Employment tribunals will be given the power to impose a financial penalty on employers who lose at…
In a case which underlined the special regard that planners must have to the setting of heritage buildings, a local authority has succeeded in its High Court challenge to plans for an 86-metre high wind turbine, which it claimed would…
The door appears to have finally slammed shut on a family’s attempt to obtain Business Property Relief (BPR) from Inheritance Tax (IHT) in respect of a property which had been operated as a furnished holiday letting by their late mother…