employment law update april 2015 (cipd)
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Employment Law Update By: Marie Walsh On: 22nd April @ 13:00
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Employment Law Update 22nd April 2015
Marie Walsh & Caroline Acton
Today’s Session
TOPICS
Compensation Limits National Minimum Wage
ACAS Early Conciliation Holiday Pay
Fitness for Work Flexible Working
Whistleblowing Cases
Antenatal Appointments and Adoption Leave
SPL
• 6 April 2015
• Unfair dismissal compensation - £76,574 to £78,335
• A Week’s Pay – £464 to £475
New Compensation Limits
• NMW Increased 1 October 2014: - £6.31 to £6.50 (21 and over) - £5.03 - £5.13 (18 to 20) - £3.72 - £3.79 (under 18) - £2.38 - £2.73 (Apprentice) • NMW Penalty increased - £5,000 - £20,000 • Government Names & Shames • Proposed increase further to NMW from £6.50 to £6.70
National Minimum Wage (NMW)
• 5th April 2015 • £138.18 – 139.58
• SMP • SPP • SAP
SMP/SPP/SAP
• Pre-claim
• Contact online or by phone
• Stop the clock
• Impact on claims?
- Q1 2014 to Q2 2014
- 22 % drop in claims
ACAS Early Conciliation
Holiday Pay
• British Airways plc –v- Williams and Ors 2012
• Lock –v- British Gas Trading Limited and Ors
• Bear Scotland
Shared Parental Leave
• New Legal entitlement – 1 December 2014
• Applies to babies due (or children placed for adoption) on or after 5 April 2015
• Opportunity to be flexible/share caring arrangements
• Leave calculated using mother’s entitlement to maternity/adoption leave
• Employees can:
stop/start SPL
return to work during periods of leave
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption
Fitness For Work (FFW)
• New Health and Work Service
• Government Funded
• 4 weeks absence
• Phased introduction
• Update policies?
Flexible Working
• Extended to all employees – 30 June 2014
• 26 weeks continuous service
• Less prescriptive process
• Written request
• Application to be dealt with reasonably
• One request in any 12 month period
Antenatal appointments
• 1st October 2014 - Workers can accompany a pregnant woman
• “qualifying relationship”
• Two occasions – 6.5 hours each
• Unpaid
Adoption Leave
• 5th April 2015
• Day one right
• Statutory Adoption Pay is changing to come in line with SMP
• Also 5th April 2105 Paid time off for up to 5 Adoption Appointments for main adopter.
• Secondary adopter unpaid time for up to 2 appointments
Parental Leave
• Distinct and separate to SPL
• Time off to look after child's welfare
• Normally unpaid
• Now extended from 5th April 2015 from aged 5 cap to 18
Cases
• Gallop v Newport City Council [2013] EWCA
• Game Retail Ltd v Laws UKEAT
• Karsent Kaltoft v Kommunemes Landsforening
• USDAW v Ethel Austin Ltd & Others (Woolworths case)
Questions
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