23 January 2014 The government has announced that the new rules which will allow all employees to be able to request flexible working, will be in force by autumn 2014. The government's flexible working proposals intend to extend the statutory right to request flexible working to all employees by autumn 2014. The changes mean employees […]

16 January 2014 The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has, at the last hour, published guidance on the revised 2006 TUPE Regulations and the 2014 Regulations. On 6 April 2006, the revised Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (called ‘the TUPE Regulations’ and ‘the Regulations’ in this guidance) came into force1. The TUPE […]

Payday Loans (PDL) The CIPP has been writing to payroll outsourcers and major companies to ask for their support in setting up a new credit union to provide individuals in the UK with an alternative to payday loans. The new credit union is being set up by the Retail Trust but is not confined to […]

Difference Between Self Employed and a Worker Is a person who is unequivocally classified in his written contract as being in business on his own account incapable of being a worker for the purposes of the Working Time Regulations 1998? Not necessarily, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Boss Projects LLP v Bragg. Daniel […]

8 January 2014 Can an employer rely only on an Occupational Health Report when deciding whether an employee is disabled? No, held the Court of Appeal in Gallop v Newport City Council. Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law Bulletin summarises the case: An employer’s duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee only arises where the […]