The proposals to amend the Pregnant Workers Directive were put forward in October 2010. The UK government has recently published a consultation – Modern Workplaces - which looks at introducing a flexible parental leave that is tailored to improve and suit the needs of the UK. (The CIPP will be publishing an important survey on this shortly). Chris Grayling, the Employment Relations Minister said that the proposals that MEPs put forward are socially regressive in that those that are earning the most will benefit the most. “Under the European Parliament’s proposal, a woman earning £10,000 p.a. would only get 20 per cent more maternity pay, whereas a woman earning £60,000 p.a. would receive 146 per cent more.” Read the full press release from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Public Sector Pay
GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS PAY REVIEW BODY RECOMMENDATIONS
15 March 2012 In line with the announcement made in the June Budget 2010, public sector workers covered by the Bodies earning a full time equivalent of £21,000 or less will receive a pay increase of £250. Those earning over £21,000 will have their pay frozen. Taking into account evidence from the Government and other parties, the Pay Review Bodies made recommendations on uplifts for prison officers, the armed forces and NHS Agenda for Change staff earning £21,000 or less, which the Government has accepted. Pay Review Bodies for judges, the senior civil service, the senior military, NHS Very Senior Managers and doctors and dentists did not make recommendations, as their workforces earn above £21,000 and are subject to a pay freeze. The Teachers Pay Review Body made recommendations for the full two year pay freeze last year. The majority of civil servants will remain in the pay freeze for the coming year. However, those departments who had not already agreed a legally binding pay deal entered the pay freeze a year early in 2010-11 and will therefore exit it ahead of other groups. Their settlements for 2012-13 will be in line with the one per cent average pay increase set out by the Chancellor at Autumn Statement 2011. Individual departments will set out further details in due course. HM Treasury press release
Right to request time to train
RIGHT TO REQUEST TIME TO TRAIN NOT TO BE EXTENDED TO SMEs
13 July 2011 The government has announced that the right to request time to train will not be extended to employees of small and medium businesses. The right will however remain in place for large employers. As part of the government’s review of all regulations in the pipeline, last August a consultation was launched on the future of the right to request time to train which had been
CIPP Policy News Journal
09/10/2012, Page 228 of 234
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