Government accepts Low Pay Commission’s recommendations for Minimum Wage The Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC’s) recommendations for the rates of the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) to apply from April 2025. The figures are the first produced by the LPC since its remit was altered to take account […]
Employment Rights Bill: a summary of the key provisions The Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October 2024, ahead of the government’s self-imposed 100-day deadline. Across its 158 pages, it covers wide-ranging areas of employment relations. Some changes are dramatic, others less so. We have set out below our pick of the key provisions:
Supreme Court re-instates injunction preventing Tesco from using fire and re-hire to remove ‘permanent’ right to retained pay. In 2007, Tesco re-organised its warehouses resulting in mass relocations. As an alternative to potential redundancy, Tesco negotiated with USDAW that it would give any staff who stayed on, and agreed to be relocated, a ‘Retained Pay’
The King’s Speech – what’s new for employment law? July’s King’s Speech unveiled Labour’s legislative agenda for their early months in government. Two employment bills were announced. The Prime Minister’s accompanying briefing note provided some details, indicating Labour’s commitment to fully implementing their ‘New Deal for Working People’. According to the briefing note, the Employment Rights
