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EMPLOYMENT LAW
16 April 2010
Employment Law
 Family Friendly Rights
 The Equality Bill
 Agency Worker Regulations
 Fit Notes
 Compensation Limits
 Holidays during Sick Leave
 Any Other Areas of Interest
www.kea-hr.co.uk 2
Family Friendly Rights
 Additional Paternity Leave
 Babies born, or children adopted, on or after 3
April 2011
 Up to 26 weeks
 Mother must return to work
 Pay same as SMP  mother must be entitled
 Self certified
 Eligibility mirrors Ordinary Paternity Leave
 Childcare Vouchers
www.kea-hr.co.uk 3
Equality Bill
 Was introduced in the House of Commons
on 24 April 2009
 Expected to be implemented in October
2010
 Has two purposes:-
 to harmonise discrimination law
 Strengthen the law to support progress on
equality
www.kea-hr.co.uk 4
Equality Bill (2)
Anticipated changes:-
 Consolidate existing equality legislation
 Outlaw pay secrecy clauses
 Employers to publish pay differences
 Empower tribunals to make recommendations
which apply to whole workforce
 Create single public sector equality duty
 Enable positive action
 Caste discrimination
www.kea-hr.co.uk 5
Equality Bill (3)
www.kea-hr.co.uk 6
 Positive Action
 Where members of a group are underrepresented, at
a disadvantage or have particular needs
 Can take any action which is a proportionate means
of addressing that (not in relation to recruitment or
promotion
 In recruitment or promotion a person can take action
where a group is underrepresented or disadvantaged.
 Carry out an equal pay audit?
Agency Workers
 Directive published 5 December 2008
 Provides for agency workers to receive equal
rights with full time employees BUT
 Only after 12 weeks service
 1.3 million agency workers
 Must be implemented by 5 December
2011, likely to be 1 October 2011
www.kea-hr.co.uk 7
Fit Notes
 6 April 2010
 Replace sick notes
 Focus on what can be done to facilitate a
return to work
 Enable discussion between GP,
employer and employee
 Up to employer to decide whether
employee is able to return
www.kea-hr.co.uk 8
Compensation Limits
 Weeks pay remains at 贈380
 Maximum compensation award in an unfair
dismissal decreases to 贈65,300
www.kea-hr.co.uk 9
Holidays during Sick Leave
 Working Time Regulations
 Workers have a minimum entitlement to paid annual
leave
 Cannot be replaced by payment in lieu except on
termination
 Court of Appeal
 A worker is not entitled to paid annual leave during a
period of sick leave that encompasses a whole leave
year
www.kea-hr.co.uk 10
Holidays during Sick Leave
 European Court of Justice
 Member states are allowed to stipulate that workers on sick
leave cannot take holiday during sick leave
 BUT workers must be able to take the leave at another time
 A workers right to paid leave will continue to accrue and cannot
be extinguished
 On termination workers will be entitled to a payment in lieu of
accrued but untaken leave
www.kea-hr.co.uk 11
Holidays during Sick Leave
 House of Lords
 Confirmed CA decision
 Door opened for unlawful deduction of wages claims
 Grey area remains in relation to carry over of leave in
UK
www.kea-hr.co.uk 12
Other Matters
 Age Discrimination  likely to increase default
retirement age from 65
 Plans to shelve the DRA have been scrapped
 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
 Blacklisting of union members to be outlawed
www.kea-hr.co.uk 13
Other Matters (2)
 New right to request paid time off to train
 6 April 2010
 Employers with 250 or more employees
 6 months service
 Must demonstrate a benefit to employer
 Whistleblowing
 6 April 2010
 Where ET claimant consents tribunal will pass info to
appropriate regulator to investigate the alleged
malpractice
www.kea-hr.co.uk 14
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Kea Employment Law Seminar

  • 2. Employment Law Family Friendly Rights The Equality Bill Agency Worker Regulations Fit Notes Compensation Limits Holidays during Sick Leave Any Other Areas of Interest www.kea-hr.co.uk 2
  • 3. Family Friendly Rights Additional Paternity Leave Babies born, or children adopted, on or after 3 April 2011 Up to 26 weeks Mother must return to work Pay same as SMP mother must be entitled Self certified Eligibility mirrors Ordinary Paternity Leave Childcare Vouchers www.kea-hr.co.uk 3
  • 4. Equality Bill Was introduced in the House of Commons on 24 April 2009 Expected to be implemented in October 2010 Has two purposes:- to harmonise discrimination law Strengthen the law to support progress on equality www.kea-hr.co.uk 4
  • 5. Equality Bill (2) Anticipated changes:- Consolidate existing equality legislation Outlaw pay secrecy clauses Employers to publish pay differences Empower tribunals to make recommendations which apply to whole workforce Create single public sector equality duty Enable positive action Caste discrimination www.kea-hr.co.uk 5
  • 6. Equality Bill (3) www.kea-hr.co.uk 6 Positive Action Where members of a group are underrepresented, at a disadvantage or have particular needs Can take any action which is a proportionate means of addressing that (not in relation to recruitment or promotion In recruitment or promotion a person can take action where a group is underrepresented or disadvantaged. Carry out an equal pay audit?
  • 7. Agency Workers Directive published 5 December 2008 Provides for agency workers to receive equal rights with full time employees BUT Only after 12 weeks service 1.3 million agency workers Must be implemented by 5 December 2011, likely to be 1 October 2011 www.kea-hr.co.uk 7
  • 8. Fit Notes 6 April 2010 Replace sick notes Focus on what can be done to facilitate a return to work Enable discussion between GP, employer and employee Up to employer to decide whether employee is able to return www.kea-hr.co.uk 8
  • 9. Compensation Limits Weeks pay remains at 贈380 Maximum compensation award in an unfair dismissal decreases to 贈65,300 www.kea-hr.co.uk 9
  • 10. Holidays during Sick Leave Working Time Regulations Workers have a minimum entitlement to paid annual leave Cannot be replaced by payment in lieu except on termination Court of Appeal A worker is not entitled to paid annual leave during a period of sick leave that encompasses a whole leave year www.kea-hr.co.uk 10
  • 11. Holidays during Sick Leave European Court of Justice Member states are allowed to stipulate that workers on sick leave cannot take holiday during sick leave BUT workers must be able to take the leave at another time A workers right to paid leave will continue to accrue and cannot be extinguished On termination workers will be entitled to a payment in lieu of accrued but untaken leave www.kea-hr.co.uk 11
  • 12. Holidays during Sick Leave House of Lords Confirmed CA decision Door opened for unlawful deduction of wages claims Grey area remains in relation to carry over of leave in UK www.kea-hr.co.uk 12
  • 13. Other Matters Age Discrimination likely to increase default retirement age from 65 Plans to shelve the DRA have been scrapped Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Blacklisting of union members to be outlawed www.kea-hr.co.uk 13
  • 14. Other Matters (2) New right to request paid time off to train 6 April 2010 Employers with 250 or more employees 6 months service Must demonstrate a benefit to employer Whistleblowing 6 April 2010 Where ET claimant consents tribunal will pass info to appropriate regulator to investigate the alleged malpractice www.kea-hr.co.uk 14

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