These regulations abolish the use of Swedish derogation - the legal loophole which enables some firms to pay agency workers less than permanent staff.
These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2020 and extend to England, Wales and Scotland.
The Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 These regulations: • increase the maximum level of penalty available from £5,000 to £20,000 for aggravated breach of a worker’s employment rights (from 6 April 2019); • confer the right to a written statement of particulars of employment and associated enforcement provisions upon all workers (from 6 April 2020) – currently this right applies only to employees • lower the percentage required for a valid employee request for the employer to negotiate an agreement on informing and consulting its employees. The threshold is lowered from 10% to 2% of the total number of employees employed by the employer (from 6 April 2020).
These Regulations extend to England, Wales and Scotland.
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CIPP survey on impact of banning employers from making deductions from staff tips 24 December 2018
Please take five minutes to help inform the Government as to whether legislating to ban employers from making deductions from staff tips, will have any costs.
The government intends legislating to ban employers from making deductions from staff tips other than those required under tax law. The government believes this legislation will offer a financial benefit to workers who will receive the tips they earn. Many of these workers are earning the minimum wage. It will also give consumers reassurance that the money they leave in good faith to reward service is going to the staff as they intended. However, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is keen to understand the impact this will have on employers. Whether there will be any costs brought about by this policy and if so, whether they are one-off costs to introduce the policy or whether there would be any ongoing costs. BEIS would also like to know how long it would take for employers to bring about these changes. The CIPP Policy team has created a very short survey to help provide BEIS with this information. This survey is aimed at members who work for an organisation where the employees receive tips or gratuities. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete and we would be very grateful if you could spare these few minutes to help provide BEIS with a realistic assessment of the impact this change will bring.
The survey closes on 18 January.
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CIPP webcast on tipping processes 5 February 2019
The CIPP policy team has produced a short webcast exploring typical payroll processes around tips, gratuities, cover and service charges and tronc systems and discusses the plan to legislate to ban employers from making unnecessary deductions from staff tips.
CIPP webcast on tipping processes
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
Payroll: need to know
cipp.org.uk
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