Key dates to note for the coming months:   1st February: A week’s pay will increase from £400 to £430 for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy pay and the basic award for unfair dismissal. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase from £68,400 to £72,300.   1st…

A tribunal has recently awarded £67.8m to thousands of ex-Woolworth employees after the shop workers’ union Usdaw successfully claimed that administrators had failed to follow correct redundancy procedures when the stores were closed in late 2008/early 2009.   Usdaw claimed that administrators did not carry out collective consultation with the…

Allocating holidays fairly across the workforce can often be a difficult and controversial task for managers, and it is never possible to please everyone. As in 2011, an additional bank holiday has been declared for this year creating a four-day weekend, which may lead to increased holiday requests around that time.…

As from 1st October 2012, larger employers will be required to automatically enrol all eligible workers into a qualifying pension scheme and to make a minimum level of contributions on behalf of those workers. The reforms have been introduced in an attempt by the Government to assist individuals in saving…