• highlight the employer's commitment to diversity and inclusion • reduce the stigma around neurodivergence • make staff feel safe and empowered to disclose a neurodivergence • make it more likely that neurodivergent staff will be treated fairly by their managers and colleagues • open the organisation up to a pool of talent that may otherwise have been overlooked • help retain skilled staff and reduce recruitment costs.
According to the CIPD, Tom Neil, Acas senior guidance adviser, said :
“Our guidance aims to help both employers and employees create workplaces where all staff can fulfil their potential. Workplaces are beginning to recognise the unique gifts that neurodivergent staff can bring and it is a great time for employers to start thinking about how they can better support all of their employees.”
Acas new guidance - Neurodiversity in the workplace
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Northern Ireland statutory limits on awards and payments 1 April 2019
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 revises the limits on awards and payments under certain employment rights legislation in line with the rate of inflation and comes into effect on 6 April 2019.
Table of increase of limits
Relevant statutory provision
Subject of provision
Old Limit New Limit from 6 April 2019
Article 40(6) of the 1995 Order
Minimum amount of compensation awarded by the industrial tribunal where individual expelled from union in contravention of Article 38 of the 1995 Order and where, when the application is made, the applicant has not been re-admitted to the union. Maximum amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or for various awards including the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal.
£9,663
£9,982
Article 23(1) of the 1996 Order
£530
£547
Article 63(1) of the 1996 Order
Limit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day.
£28.00
£29.00
Article 77E(3) of the 1996 Order
Amount of award for unlawful inducement relating to union membership or activities, or for unlawful inducement relating to collective bargaining. Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of Article 132(1)(a) and (b), 132A(d), 133(1), 134 or 136(1) of the 1996 Order.
£4,260
£4,401
Article 154(1) of the 1996 Order
£6,442
£6,655
Article 158(1) of the 1996 Order
Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal.
£83,847
£86,614
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