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		<title>Could tribunal fees make employers blasé?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we previously reported, it is anticipated that during 2013 employment tribunal fees will be introduced. The COO of ACAS, Andrew Wareing has now spoken out with his warning of a possible consequence of such an introduction, namely that it may make employers less keen to deal with workplace grievances promptly and internally based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in limits from 1st February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of 1st February 2012, the following employment tribunal limits and other amounts payable under employment legislation will increase: a maximum weeks pay used when calculating payments such as statutory redundancy pay and a basic award in unfair dismissal cases will increase from £400 to £430. the maximum compensatory award available in unfair dismissal cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in unfair dismissal qualifying period for new joiners only</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As previously noted, the qualifying period required by employees to entitle them to bring a claim for unfair dismissal, will increase on 6th April 2012 from one year to two years. It has now been publicised that, subject to parliamentary approval, the increase from one year to two years will only apply to employees who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 &#8211; Upcoming changes in employment law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of planned changes in employment law and tribunal practice due to come into force from April 2012. Unfair dismissal qualifying periods &#8211; It is expected that the qualifying period required for employees wishing to commence a claim for unfair dismissal will increase from 1 year to 2 years. What remains unclear is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive claims constructive dismissal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Flexman worked for a gas exploration firm in Reading. He is bringing a claim in an employment tribunal against his ex-employer for constructive dismissal after feeling pushed out by bosses over his use of professional networking site, LinkedIn. He is reported to be seeking hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation. Mr Flexman, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in employee benefit rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 12th December 2011, the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, announced that: the rate of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay will increase from early April 2012 to £135.45 a week (up from £128.73); and statutory sick pay will increase in April 2012 from £81.60 a week to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment rises to 17-year high</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of National Statistics has published information showing that unemployment in the UK has risen once more with 2.64 million people now being out of work, with youth unemployment now being the highest since records began in 1992.]]></description>
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		<title>Employment Law Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.troubleatwork.co.uk/2011/10/employment-law-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osbourne, has announced that from 6th April 2012 the qualifying period required for an employee to be entitled to bring a claim for unfair dismissal will rise from one year to two years (subject to exceptions). Details have not yet been provided regarding any transitional provisions to protect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in National Minimum Wage</title>
		<link>http://www.troubleatwork.co.uk/2011/10/increase-in-national-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From today, the national minimum wage has increased to £6.08 (up 15p from £5.93).]]></description>
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		<title>Sickness absence costing £32 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shocking research published today by PwC estimates that sickness absence is costing UK business £32 billion each year, with employees taking an average of 10 days unscheduled leave per year. More worryingly, this figure is mooted to be conservative because it does not take ancillary costs into account, such as replacement costs and lost productivity. [...]]]></description>
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