Employment newsletter - summer 2009
Can employees bring a legal representative to a disciplinary hearing?
In some circumstances - yes!
Increase in payments effective 1 October 2009
Rise in national minimum wage likely to benefit nearly one million people.
Consultation exercise on temporary agency workers
Qualifying period of employment is still contentious
Change of name again… BERR to BIS
Merger of key Government departments
Right to additional paternity leave delayed
Proposal put on hold due to the recession
Can ‘length of service’ be used as redundancy selection criteria?
Justification is essential
Religious belief - not just a private matter
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion”.
