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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
16 February 2016
A Scottish skirmish and the on-going battle over holiday pay
It should have been a single question: do you include overtime and commission when calculating holiday pay? However, that question has already led to numerous trips to the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) and the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”). We are now on the brink of an EAT decision which may finally sound the rallying call for the myriad of holiday pay claims currently stayed and sisted around the country – Lock v British Gas. There has been an appeal decision hiatus since the initial decision of the EAT in Fulton v Bear Scotland, and in the battle between employees and employers, both sides have enjoyed some victories, but neither has yet managed to deal a conclusive blow.
8 February 2016
Senior Managers Regime: first stage now in force
Today 8 February marks the first stage in the introduction of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. This regime applies to all individuals exercising a senior management function. In many cases non-executive directors will also be covered, for example if they chair any committee directly relevant to a firm’s safety or soundness.
29 January 2016
PRA opens consultation on buy-outs of variable remuneration
On 13 January the Prudential Regulation Authority (‘PRA’) launched a new consultation introducing new rules on buy-outs of variable remuneration. This is the practice where firms recruiting staff, buy-out awards that have been cancelled by their previous employer.
28 January 2016
Briggs report and how it will affect employers and HR practitioners
The Interim Report by Lord Justice Briggs which reached people’s desks early in the New Year fires the starting gun on fundamental changes to our Court and Employment Tribunal system. Those responsible for employment issues within their companies should be aware of the seismic change that is literally, around the corner.
This article was first published in People Management in January 2016.
27 January 2016
High Court ruling on the criminal records disclosure scheme
The Divisional Court has ruled (in R (P and A) v Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWHC 89 (Admin)) that the criminal records disclosure scheme used in England and Wales is “arbitrary” and unlawful. This blog post considers the ruling from both a criminal and an employment law perspective. To give some context to the ruling, a brief summary of the statutory scheme for disclosing criminal records in England and Wales may be helpful.