Are you aware of the wide-ranging changes in Employment Law this year?

The Government has announced a number of employment law reforms for 2013 which will affect both employers and employees. These reforms include:

 1.    An increase in tribunal compensation limits (February 2013);

 2.    An increase in unpaid parental leave for employees, increasing from 13 weeks to 18 weeks (March 2013);

 3.    The introduction of the concept of Employee Shareholder Status as well as changes to the PAYE rules (April 2013);

 4.    A number of changes in Summer 2013 including the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees, a variation in the unfair dismissal compensation cap, mandatory pre-claim ACAS conciliation, pre-termination negotiations which will not be admissible in unfair dismissal proceedings, New Tribunal Rules of Procedure, and the reform of Compromise/Settlement Agreements.

and there are further changes announced.

Watch this space as future blogs will examine these areas in more detail.

For further advice in the meantime, please contact me.

Kate Garrett
Solicitor
Head of Employment

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