Today, 1 October 2009, sees the implementation of two measures on employee pay.
National Minimum Wage increases
• workers aged 22 and over - from £5.73 to £5.80 per hour
• workers aged 18 to 21 - from £4.77 to £4.83 per hour
• workers aged 16 or 17 - from £3.53 to £3.57 per hour
Tips and Service Charges
New [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Employment/HR.
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Last week the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, was fined £5,000 after employing a housekeeper who was not legally allowed to work in the UK. The Attorney General claims to have checked the employee’s passport, but admitted not taking a copy of it. However, the housekeeper now claims that the Attorney General did not see her [...]
[click here read more]Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Employment/HR.
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Last week the Government launched the national pandemic flu service, as the number of reported cases of swine flu in the UK increased to 100,000 new cases per week.
High absence rates have the potential to have a dramatic impact on businesses, especially as many businesses are now operating very ‘lean’ workforces following recent redundancies.
Employers are [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2009 under Employment/HR.
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Earlier in the year we reported the ECJ decision on Age Concern’s challenge to the UK’s default retirement. The ECJ held that so long as the UK Government can justify setting the retirement age at 65 it will not fall foul of European legislation. On 16 July 2009 the case returns to the High Court for [...]
[click here read more]Posted: July 14th, 2009 under Employment/HR.
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Following the Budget announcement that the cap on a week’s pay for redundancy purposes is to be increased from £350 to £380 the Government has now confirmed that this will take effect from 1 October 2009. The maximum statutory redundancy payment will therefore increase from £10,500 to £11,400.
The increase will also apply to other awards that [...]
Posted: June 22nd, 2009 under Employment/HR.
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