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The UK government’s immigration minister, Caroline Nokes, has set out the government’s commitment to support the “Windrush” generation. The “Windrush” generation is a reference to the ship, the Empire Windrush, that brought workers from the West Indies to Britain in 1948.
The Apprenticeship Levy has now been in force for a year. The government’s aim in introducing the Levy was to reverse the decline in the use of apprenticeships by ring fencing funds which would be set aside in order to tackle skills shortages. One year on, has it worked?
We blogged in June last year about the employment tribunal claim of Ali -v- Capita Customer Management Ltd where Mr Ali was successful in his claim for direct sex discrimination. Female employees at Capita were entitled to 14 weeks’ full pay on maternity leave whereas fathers were only entitled to two weeks’ full pay on paternity and shared parental leave. Mr Ali’s wife was advised to return to work early from maternity leave after being diagnosed with post natal depression. Mr Ali asked Capita whether he could take leave instead and was told he could take shared parental leave on statutory pay. The Tribunal found that this was direct sex discrimination.
Do not be complacent, GDPR is making some subtle but important changes to the well-known system for subject access requests under the Data Protection Act 1998 ……
As negotiations rumble on, Helena Rozman outlines the current position for EU nationals in the UK. Read the article here […]
The deadline passed at midnight last night for private businesses with more than 250 employees to publish their gender pay […]
The Presidents of the Employment Tribunals in England & Wales and Scotland have issued new guidance updating the bands of […]
“Let me be very very clear: failing to report is breaking the law. We have the powers to enforce against companies who are in breach of these regulations. We take this enormously seriously. We have been very clear that we will be coming after 100% of companies that do not comply.”
The Women and Equalities Committee has published a report highlighting what it sees as the difficulties that fathers face in balancing their careers with childcare responsibilities. The report makes a series of proposals which aim to put men and women on a more equal footing when it comes to maternity and paternity leave. The most headline grabbing recommendation is that fathers should receive one month’s leave at 90% of their salary (capped for higher earners) when their wife or partner has a baby and a further two months of paternity leave at £141 a week, without any loss of rights for the mother.
The employer, Michelin, dismissed their employee who was signed off with stress.
Has getting to grips with GDPR been lingering on your to-do list for the past year? With only three months […]
2018 is a momentous year, in that it marks 100 years since British women were given the right to vote. […]
