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The Employment Relations Unit (ERU) provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of employment relations and practices. Our employment law and policy advisers keep authorities up-to-date on the human resources implications of new legislation and case law developments.
Latest advisory bulletin
Employment law update - Advisory Bulletin 729 contains a case report on Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Limited, a Supreme Court case, which considers mutuality of obligation and control for the purposes of assessing employment status. There is also information on Equalities and Human Rights Commission and Acas resources on the new duty to prevent sexual harassment which came into force at the end of last month; the re-laying of regulations that will allow a 25 per cent uplift to protective awards for a failure to carry out collective consultation in the context of a breach of the statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement; the new National Minimum Wage rates that will apply from 1 April 2025; an update on the restrictions imposed on employers providing check off and details of our next annual employment law webinar. Finally, there is the employment law timetable.
Equal pay advice
Our longstanding Employer’s guide to the law on equal pay has been refreshed.
Industrial Action advice
Our industrial action FAQs address some of the most common issues that employers have to deal with when managing the issue of industrial action. Further information is also available in our industrial action guide.
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