In this issue, we discuss upcoming regulatory changes as well as recent court decisions with far-reaching implications, including case law on the need to replace share awards on a TUPE transfer and a UK Supreme Court ruling...more
As businesses continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic in the spring of 2021, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has granted companies a six-month extension to report their gender pay figures. ...more
Employers will have 6 months longer than usual – until 5 October 2021 - to comply with their 2020/2021 gender pay gap reporting obligations which, in contrast to the 2019/2021 reporting period, have not been suspended....more
Continuing focus on sexual harassment - The EHRC has published technical guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, while the Government Equalities Office launched a survey on people's experience of sexual...more
Noteworthy – no holiday pro-rating for "part year" music teacher - In The Harpur Trust v Brazel the Court of Appeal confirmed that a music teacher was entitled to be paid for 5.6 weeks' annual holiday, even though she only...more
In early April the deadline passed for large UK employers to report on their gender pay gap (GPG). This is the first chance we have had to compare employers’ pay gap figures with previous years, putting new pressure on...more
U.K. companies were recently required to submit their first mandatory report providing statistics on their gender pay gap. We have now seen what the first round of reporting looks like and how employers have dealt with...more
1. Mandatory reporting under the methodology required by the government indicates some large pay gaps. What does that mean? As of 17 April 2018, 10,364 employers had published their gender pay gap figures....more
In this weeks issue: - Consultation on parental bereavement leave - On the up – increase in Vento bands in discrimination claims - Better late than never? – EHRC enforcement of gender pay gap reporting... ...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Promises, promises – individual pay offers a breach of TULRCA... - You and whose army? EHRC outlines approach to enforcing gender pay gap...more