Employment Law Updates

Performance management is the process that employers use to maintain and improve the performance of their workforce so that organisational objectives are met. Most performance management procedures will involve: Employees being set performance targets Performance meetings between managers and employees to discuss performance Evaluating employees against their performance measures Records of performance being taken Why […]

Ex-Thomas Cook workers could be in line for thousands of pounds of extra pay. When a business goes into administration or liquidation employees have a right to claim monies owed to them by the company but how this is claimed depends largely on their status as creditors.  Claims can be made on the National Insurance […]

There are new ‘Vento’ guidelines for injury to feelings awards in discrimination claims presented after 6 April 2019. The new bands are: lower band (less serious cases): £900 to £8,800 middle band: £8,800 to £26,300 upper band (the most serious cases): £26,300 to £44,000 This annual update to the Vento guidelines, setting out the bands […]

New National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) Rates take effect from 1 April.           Old Rate         New Rate         Increase (%)                                         […]

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Back on 16 December 2008 Employment Law Services (ELS) was formally incorporated as a limited company and on 1 January 2009 we officially commenced our first year of trading and as the bells struck midnight on New Year’s Eve not only were we celebrating the dawn of a new year, we were also celebrating achieving […]

In 2018, employers and managers had many employment law and HR changes to deal with. This included the introduction of GDPR, gender pay gay reporting, changes to taxation of termination payments and increases to the NMW. 2019 is set to be another busy year for employers; we have provided an overview of what to expect […]

A recent decision made by the Employment Tribunal has highlighted the importance of not treating a positive drug test result as a reason for automatic dismissal. In the case of Ball v First Essex Buses Ltd, Mr Ball was employed as a bus driver and had over 20 years’ service with his employers. Part of […]