Employment Law Newsletter

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Employment Law Update Autumn 2010
Employment Law Update January 2011
Employment Law Update Summer 2011

Employment Law Update
October 2011

Qualifying period for unfair dismissal to increase from one to two years
Fees to be introduced for employment tribunal claims
Chancellor George Osborne has announced two important changes, intended to reduce the number of employment tribunal claims and boost the economy:

First, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will be increased from one year to two years with effect from 1 April 2012.

Secondly, fees will be introduced for employment tribunal claims from April 2013.

The Government says that these and other proposals in the ‘Resolving Workplace Disputes’ consultation, should see the number of unfair dismissal claims drop by around 2,000 per year.

Agency Workers Regulations come into force on 1 October 2011
The Regulations apply to agency workers who undertake temporary work through agencies to end users, or ‘hirers’. They provide that all agency workers must be able to access the hirer’s facilities and amenities and to have access to information about its job vacancies from the first day of their assignment.

In addition, after a 12-week qualifying period, agency workers are entitled to the same “basic working and employment conditions” that they would have been entitled to had they been recruited directly by the hirer, unless the worker has a permanent contract with the agency under which they are paid between assignments.

Knight-Webb Solicitors are specialists in employment law. We pride ourselves in providing a first-rate, cost-effective and personal service to clients. We can help you to avoid the employment law pitfalls and ensure that your procedures are up-to-date, taking into account all the recent changes in the law, including those outlined in this Newsletter.

Contact Sunita Knight-Webb on 020 7207 6195 or at sunita@knightwebb.com