Policy News Journal - 2015-16

CIPP Policy News Journal 25/04/2016, Page 4 of 453 Higher salary thresholds and business levy recommended for hiring migrant workers ...................................... 50 Changes to Tier 2 immigration route confirmed ................................................................................................. 50 Employment Law & Guidance ............................................................................................................................. 52 Contracts top concern in British workplaces ...................................................................................................... 52 Top ten ways employers lose employment tribunals.......................................................................................... 52 Small Business Conciliation Service to be created ............................................................................................ 52 Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies......................................................................................... 53 Review into the impact of Employment Tribunal fees ........................................................................................ 53 Help for small firms: Handling pay and wages ................................................................................................... 54 New Acas guidance on paying employees......................................................................................................... 54 Acas Early Conciliation one year on .................................................................................................................. 55 Acas equality and discrimination guides ............................................................................................................ 55 Preventing illegal working .................................................................................................................................. 55 Scotland to Abolish Employment Tribunal Fees................................................................................................. 56 Employment tribunal fees briefing paper............................................................................................................ 56 New Enterprise Bill published ............................................................................................................................ 57 New Acas disability discrimination guide............................................................................................................ 58 Dealing with legal highs in the workplace........................................................................................................... 58 Acas Workplace Trends Report ......................................................................................................................... 59 Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies ......................................................................................... 59 Carrying out a redundancy programme.............................................................................................................. 60 Annual compensation awards – increase of limits ............................................................................................. 60 Employment Status .............................................................................................................................................. 62 CIPP Survey on Employment Status ................................................................................................................. 62 Employment status and false self-employment.................................................................................................. 62 Employment Tribunals ......................................................................................................................................... 64 Whistleblowing: EAT says 'reasonable belief in public interest' is low threshold ................................................ 64 Stress at Work - Foreseeability of Injury ............................................................................................................ 64 Changing working hours .................................................................................................................................... 65 Tribunal to reconsider if redundancy near pensionable age is allowed .............................................................. 65 ECJ judgement on Collective Consultation ........................................................................................................ 66 Suspending Disciplinary Hearing for Grievance................................................................................................. 67 Employment Status: Ministers of Religion.......................................................................................................... 67 Union Representatives and Working Time......................................................................................................... 67 Collective Redundancy Consultation - Establishment........................................................................................ 68 Pay Deductions for Strike................................................................................................................................... 68 Discriminatory to refuse maternity leave for gay dads........................................................................................ 69 Whistleblowing: Meaning of Disclosure.............................................................................................................. 69 Gay v Religious Beliefs ...................................................................................................................................... 70 Status of Employee after TUPE Objection ......................................................................................................... 70 No Implied Term Duty to Disclose Allegations of Misconduct ............................................................................ 71 TUPE: Assignment of Employees ...................................................................................................................... 71 Travel time to first job of the day counts as working time................................................................................... 72 Collective Redundancy Consultation.................................................................................................................. 72 Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations – the meaning of undertakings.................................. 73 Indirect Age Discrimination ................................................................................................................................ 73 Agency Workers Regulations............................................................................................................................. 74 Social Media - EAT ruling provides a cautionary tale......................................................................................... 74 Choice of Companion at Disciplinary Hearing.................................................................................................... 75 Reed recruitment agency loses travel expenses appeal .................................................................................... 75 Police to appeal against EAT decision on age discrimination ............................................................................ 76 Long-term sick employee not assigned under TUPE ......................................................................................... 76 Travel time to first and last job of the day........................................................................................................... 77 Discrimination claim can be brought forward by a Limited Company................................................................. 77 National Minimum Wage: Time when sleeping .................................................................................................. 77 Tribunal rules on pensions discrimination case.................................................................................................. 78 Whistleblowing: breach of contract and the public interest................................................................................. 78 TUPE: Change in Identity of Employer .............................................................................................................. 79 Disability Discrimination and Reasonable Adjustments ..................................................................................... 79 Instruction to speak English at work not discrimination ...................................................................................... 80 Automatic enrolment: British domiciled seafarers .............................................................................................. 80 Monitoring employees' use of the internet.......................................................................................................... 80 Upper Tribunal holds damages for injury for feelings are taxable ...................................................................... 81 Childcare vouchers and maternity leave ............................................................................................................ 81 Acas Early Conciliation ...................................................................................................................................... 82 Devolution of Scottish employment tribunals ..................................................................................................... 82 Starbucks employee wins dyslexia discrimination case ..................................................................................... 82 Is pulling a sickie a breach of conduct?.............................................................................................................. 83 Disability and imputed knowledge...................................................................................................................... 83 The UK Supreme Court rules on UBS and Deutsche Bank bonus cases .......................................................... 84 Equal Pay............................................................................................................................................................... 85 Supermarket staff bring legal action over equal pay .......................................................................................... 85 Equal pay settlement.......................................................................................................................................... 85

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