| Autumn 2011 |
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October, a month associated with revolution, has already seen some big changes to employment law announced by the Government. In future updates we will look at these more closely, as the detail becomes clearer, but as many of you will have seen in the news the proposal is that the unfair dismissal qualifying period should be extended to two years and there is also a proposal for some issue fees in Employment Tribunals, to deter vexatious or unworthy Claimants. We at MILS will keep our fingers crossed. In the meantime, we look at the following developments in this update: We look at a further Court of Appeal case in relation to references (a common query for our clients). We take a glance at the Agency Workers Regulations that came into force earlier this month. There have also been some developments in the ongoing saga of holiday entitlement for long term sick workers, which we report on further. Finally we look at developments in TUPE case law. Summary of key developments: |