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Employers Forced to Offer Flexible Working

Rita Nissiphorou

By Rita Nissiphorou in In the News on Friday, October 30, 2009

Yvette Cooper, work and pensions secretary has announced that she wants employers to offer better part-time jobs. In addition, job applicants would be able to request flexible working when applying for a job, rather than have to wait 6 months to make such an application, as provided for in... read more

Tips, Service Charges and the National Minimum Wage

Elizabeth Hughes

By Elizabeth Hughes in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has announced that using tips to make up staff pay to minimum wage levels will be outlawed from 1 October 2009. The government published a consultation paper in November 2008 on its proposal to prohibit service charges, tips... read more

Extension of right to request Flexible Working

Fiona Hamor

By Fiona Hamor in New Employment Law on Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Currently, qualifying employees can request flexible working in order to care for a child under six years old, where they are the parent, adoptive parent, foster parent or guardian of that child or the spouse, civil partner or partner of that person. From the 6th April 2009 this right will be... read more

Increase in sick, maternity paternity & adoption pay

Fiona Hamor

By Fiona Hamor in New Employment Law on Friday, April 3, 2009

From the 5th of April 2009 the rate of statutory sick pay and maternity, paternity and adoption pay will be increasing. Statutory Sick Pay will increase from £75.40 a week to £79.15. Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay will increase to £123.06 from £117.18 a week.     ... read more

National Minimum Wage

Fiona Hamor

By Fiona Hamor in New Employment Law on Friday, April 3, 2009

The Employment Act 2008 will insert a new section 19 to 19H into National Minimum Wage Act 1998 with effect from 6 April 2009. This will replace the existing separate enforcement and penalty notices with a single notice of underpayment. These notices will require the employer to pay a financial... read more

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