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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
13 January 2011
Another one bites the dust
This is a truly historic day in the history of the development of age discrimination legislation. The Default Retirement Age has bitten the dust. Workers of all ages will now enjoy the same protection and will be managed in exactly the same way (well almost – life is never quite that simple!)
6 January 2011
Thorny issue - legal costs in Employment Tribunals
In a judgment that will interest employers facing vexatious employment tribunal claims from employees, ex-employees, prospective employees or just about anyone else with a grievance, in the case of Yerrakalva v Barnsley MBC the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dealt with the thorny issue of legal costs in the Employment Tribunal (ET).
29 December 2010
Deregulation: less is more in 2011?
The Coalition Agreement published on 20 May 2010 said that red tape would be cut by introducing a new “one-in one-out” rule whereby no new regulation is brought in without other regulation being cut by a greater amount. In August the government launched consultation on what regulations should be cut. Since then they have brought the main provisions of the Equality Act into force without any corresponding repeal of other legislation so they are already behind target.
20 December 2010
Annual increase in compensation limits
The Annual increase in compensation limits comes into effect on 1 February 2011. The new maximum compensatory award for Unfair Dismissal will increase by £3,100 from £65,300 to £68,400. The new maximum for a week’s pay will increase by £20 from £380 to £400. The maximum unfair dismissal award (basic plus compensatory) will be £80,400.
20 December 2010
Royal succession laws: Discriminatory against women and catholics
Employers cannot discriminate against workers and employees on the grounds of their religion or belief or sex, so why should a different rule apply to the Royal Family who are meant to lead by example?