india news HR e-briefing 389 - The ACAS code on discipline and grievance - revised version released By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-11-07 Today ACAS has issued what it hopes will be the final version of its Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance. Although amendments have increased its length slightly (to ten pages from eight), the code remains short and concise in comparison to ... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 391 - BNP list - employers must act with caution By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-11-24 Can an employer dismiss an employee for being a member of a political party? This is a question on some employers' minds following the recent publication of a list containing the names, addresses and in some cases, occupations of BNP members. Whils... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 394 - Increased redundancy pay and other compensation limits By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-12-01 Details have just been published of the annual uprating of compensation limits for tribunal claims and other amounts payable under employment legislation. The new amounts will apply where the relevant event occurs on or after 1 February 2009. For un... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 407 - the new workplace dispute resolution regime By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-04-02 As if anyone needed reminding, 6 April 2009 is a key date for dispute resolution in the workplace. The new regime for handling grievances and disciplinary and dismissal situations is based on the new Acas Code of Practice (the Code) and has been her... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 420 - the Government consults on whistleblowing By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-07-06 In a consultation paper released this month, the government reveals proposals for employment tribunals to pass on details about whistleblowing claims to appropriate regulators (such as the Health and Safety Executive). The intention is that the alle... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing no 423 - legal representation must be allowed in some disciplinary hearings - Court of Appeal By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-07-24 The Court of Appeal has ruled that doctors and dentists employed by NHS bodies in England are entitled to legal representation at disciplinary hearings. The appeal court’s ruling suggests that employees of other public sector organisations sho... Full Article
india news Eversheds' HR e-briefing 469: Employment Tribunal claims soar By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-07-07 Statistics for 2009-10 released by the Tribunals Service this week reveal that claims to employment tribunals have dramatically increased this year. Despite an overall drop in 2008-9, when the number of claims was 151,028, claims have soared to 236,... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 488 - Employment Tribunal reform: a promising start By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-01-27 The Government has today published a consultation on employment tribunal reform. The consultation floats a wide-range of proposals, going well beyond the measures which were rumoured to be up for consideration. The consultation document inclu... Full Article
india news Eversheds' HR e-briefing 512: Legal representation at disciplinaries By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-06-29 The Supreme Court has overturned decisions of the Court of Appeal and High Court that a music assistant at a primary school should have been allowed legal representation at an internal disciplinary hearing. This decision curtails the scope for empl... Full Article
india news Eversheds' HR e-briefing 519: Fewer Employment Tribunal claims in 2010-11 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-09-02 Statistics for April 2010 to March 2011 released by HM Courts and Tribunals Service yesterday reveal that, although the number of claims has fallen since the same period in 2009-10, the 218,100 claims still represent a 44% increase on the 2008-9 fig... Full Article
india news Employment law innovations - a change for the better? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-11-18 Aiming for Consistency The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, recently announced plans to rest... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 528: Employment Tribunal reform: next steps and other measures By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-11-23 Today, the Government has announced a number of measures aimed at resolving disputes more quickly, reducing the pressure on the employment tribunal system and saving costs for employers and the taxpayer. The Government published its consultation on... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 534: Employment tribunal fees and shortening the 90 day consultation period: what do employers think? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-01-30 As a follow-up to our previous employer survey on proposals to reform the employment tribunal system, in January 2012 we conducted a second survey seeking views on the introduction of tribunal fees, on the Government’s decision to al... Full Article
india news Eversheds' HR e-briefing 538: April employment law changes By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-03-28 Last year the Government announced a number of measures aimed at resolving workplace disputes more quickly, reducing the pressure on the employment tribunal system and saving costs for employers and the taxpayer. A number of these changes will take ... Full Article
india news Eversheds' HR e-briefing 545: Government reveals employment law changes in Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-05-23 The Government has this afternoon published the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill which will, if passed, introduce some of the tribunal and dispute resolution measures previously announced (see HR ... Full Article
india news UK HR ebrief: Employment tribunal claims continue on a downward trend By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2012-09-20 Employment tribunal claims continue on a downward trend At the start of the year, interim figures released regarding the number of employment tribunal claims already indicated a further drop when ... Full Article
india news Retail Legal Update - ONS publishes 2012 strike statistics By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-10-31 According to ONS statistics published this summer, 248,800 working days were lost in the UK in 2012 – significantly lower than the 2011 total (1,389,700). The change is largely attributable to the small number of large scale public sector stri... Full Article
india news Disciplinary Procedures within the NHS By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-02-04 Chhabra v West London Mental Health NHS [2013] UKSC 80 The case of Chhabra v West London Mental Health NHS [2013] UKSC 80 has once again considered the question of when and how NHS employers should progress disciplinary actions on grounds... Full Article
india news Dismissal for discriminatory reasons and just cause By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-07-09 Marcello Floris, Partner at Eversheds Bianchini 23 February 2015 On 20 February 2014 a Decree was passed by the Italian Council of Ministers and is now in force: such Decree contains provisions on open-ended employment contracts covering various top... Full Article
india news Dismissal for objective reasons By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-07-09 Marcello Floris, Partner at Eversheds Bianchini 26 February 2015 The Decree approved by the Italian Council of Ministers on 20 February 2015 introduced remarkable changes concerning dismissal for objective reasons. In this case, as under the previou... Full Article
india news UK HR e-briefing: Strike changes: 1 March 2017 implementation confirmed By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-02-14 Regulations have confirmed that changes to industrial action law introduced by the Trade Union Act 2016 (‘Act’) will be implemented on 1 March 2017. The changes include introducing: a 50% ballot threshold for voter turnout, a 40% ballot ... Full Article
india news UK HR E-briefing: Holiday pay uncertainty ended in employees favour By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-03-01 The Supreme Court yesterday refused British Gas permission to appeal in the holiday pay case of Lock: the Working Time Regulations are properly to be read purposively to give effect to the CJEU ruling in Lock. Crucially, we now know that repres... Full Article
india news Employment Tribunal fees held to be unlawful what does this mean for employers and how can they protect themselves? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-09-07 Introduction of Tribunal fees Before July 2013 it was free for individuals to bring Employment Tribunal Claims. However, in July 2013 the Government introduced Employment Tribunal fees for anyone wanting to make a claim or appeal a judgment. The Gov... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 24 February to 2 March 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-03-03 HR Consultancy Temporary worker maximum pay limits revisedINPS has announced new monetary limits for temporary workers, to be revised on a yearly basis. Vouchers represent a pay system for temporary workers i.e. those workers who do not have a stand... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 3 March to 9 March 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-03-10 HR Consultancy An employee who forwards company files to his lawyer cannot be firedThe dismissal of an employee who forwarded more than 200 files, containing confidential information about the employer’s business, to his lawyer was ruled unlaw... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 10 March to 16 March 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-03-17 HR Consultancy Companies in financial difficulty: Opportunity for employees to take over companies in financial difficultyEmployees of companies in financial difficulty will be able to carry on the business of the company through advance payment of ... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 17 March to 23 March 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-03-24 HR Consultancy Jobs Act now in force – part 1Key changes are as follows:• Fixed term contracts: - no need to specify reasons justifying term of up to 36 months;- extensions admitted up to 8 times in 36 months;- no more breaks required bet... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 24 March to 30 March 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-03-31 HR Consultancy Undeclared work (black market)The Ministry of Labour has planned inspections for 2014, deciding to make no less than 230,000 checks aimed at combatting undeclared work and includes 50,000 accesses and a focus on the 11 “metropol... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 31 March to 6 April 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-04-07 HR Consultancy Jobs Act: the draft law passed to the SenateAmong the innovations provided by the draft law - which completes the so called Jobs Act and was sent to the Senate on the morning of the 1st April, for following a parallel procedure togeth... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 28 April to 5 May 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-05-05 Human Resources JOBS ACT - Fixed term employment contract: potential fines for those companies with 20% or more of their employees on fixed term contractsCurrent proposed amendments by the Jobs Act include (i) replacing the fine for conversion of fi... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 12 May to 18 May 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-05-19 Human Resources Jobs Act converted into LawThe final version of the labor reform under the so called Jobs Act (Law Decree no. 34/2014) has come into force following the publication in the Official Gazette of the conversion Law no. 78/2014. The main ... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 19 May to 25 May 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-05-26 HR Consultancy DURC: new system officially startedThe new system of internal DURC (“Documento Unico di Regolarità Contributiva”), through which the INPS (“Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale”) ensures the regul... Full Article
india news Weekly Newsletter Italy: from 2 June to 8 June 2014 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-06-10 HR Consultancy Jobs ActAccording to the Minister of Labour, Giuliano Poletti, the government bill is likely to be approved by the Parliament later this year. The text of the bill is likely to be approved by the Senate of the Italian Republic in July... Full Article
india news The beginnings of a value-for-money duty under the SMCR? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-07-04 The FCA has yet to consult on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. However, in its Asset Management Market Study: Final Report, MS15/2.3, the FCA signalled its intention to impose a “prescribed responsibility” u... Full Article
india news Something Borrowed, Something New: The FCA's Plan for Extending the SMCR By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-07-27 The FCA has issued its long awaited consultation on extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (also known as “Accountability II”). Consultation Paper (CP17/25), which sets out the “what” and the “why&rdq... Full Article
india news The future of HR Management: at the intersection of AI and personal data protection By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-10-11 Recent years have seen an outburst of interest in artificial intelligence. Technologies based on AI have attracted investors all over the world on an unprecedented scale. More and more smart services are becoming a reality. For example, Staples is u... Full Article
india news IHC e-briefing 48: The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-12-17 The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours, amongst other things. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revised... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 398 - The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-12-17 The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down, amongst other things, basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revise... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 404 - TUPE and collective agreements By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-02-26 The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued a judgment that confirms that TUPE can, in some cases, bind incoming employers to pay increases negotiated by the outgoing employer under a collective agreement after the date of the TUPE transfer. Ba... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 411 - 48 hour opt-out preserved By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-04-30 Despite a last ditch attempt to reach agreement to change the current rules, the 'opt–out' has survived the latest round of European discussions, namely conciliation talks between the European Council and the European Parliament. The opt&ndash... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 412 - the role of HR in responding to the threat of a pandemic By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-05-06 While the recent media reporting of swine flu has dwelt on the obvious health and safety issues, the threat of a pandemic, whether now or in the next few months, also raises some practical challenges for HR departments across the country. Necessary... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 414 - National Minimum Wage increases By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-05-12 After a delay of some two months from the usual release date, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) hourly rates that will apply from 1 October 2009, have been announced today, as follows: Workers aged 22 and over: £5.80 (up from the current &pou... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 416 - fit notes - the new sick notes By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-05-28 The Department for Work and Pensions has today published further details of its proposal to replace GP sick notes with 'fit notes' with effect from April 2010 and has launched a public consultation on the design and content of the new medical certif... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 418 - sickness and annual leave By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-06-10 This morning the House of Lords has handed down its judgment in the case of HMRC v Stringer and others, so concluding the long running saga of how employers should deal with holiday entitlement for those workers who are off sick. The House of Lords&... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing no 424 - swine flu - work in progress? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-08-18 We received an excellent response to our recent survey concerning employer reaction to swine flu (Full Article
india news HR e-briefing - Review of the default retirement age By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-08-25 25 August 2009 Review of age discrimination laws – what will the impact be on employers? Last month, the Government announced its intention to bring forward a review of the law around forced retirement. The review concerns the ‘default... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing no 425 - sickness and holidays - new European ruling could cause problems for employers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-09-10 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that workers who go on sick leave during a period that has been scheduled as annual leave for the purposes of the Working Time Directive should be allowed to reschedule their holidays, even if that means... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 427 - Fathers are to have longer paternity leave from 2011 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-09-29 After the recent flurry of headlines announcing that long-standing uncertainty surrounding the extension of maternity pay and paternity rights was over, the Government has this week published details of its plans in the form of draft regulations. T... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 430 - The vetting and barring scheme - the facts By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-10-09 The recruitment practices of many employers stand to be significantly affected by the introduction, from October 12 this year, of the new vetting and barring scheme for those working with children or vulnerable adults. The scheme will apply in Engla... Full Article
india news HR e-briefing 434 - The right to request time off to train By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-11-12 Today, the Government’s proposals regarding apprenticeships and training have received Royal Assent in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. One of the Act’s provisions in particular is of relevance to all employer... Full Article