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”.