2009 looks to be an interesting year from an employment law
perspective. Here are some of the developments to look out
for...
Holiday Entitlement
From 1st April, statutory holiday
entitlement increases from 4.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks.
Discipline & Grievance
6th April sees the repeal of the statutory dispute
resolution procedures, via the Employment Act 2008. In
addition, the new ACAS Code of Practice on Discipline &
Grievance and accompanying guidance will come into effect and
employment tribunals will be able to adjust compensation by up to
25% for unreasonable failure to comply with the ACAS Code.
Discrimination
The Government has set out its proposals for the new Equality
Bill, the primary purpose of which is to consolidate discrimination
legislation into one Act. The Bill also seeks to create a new
single public sector equality duty, which will not only bring
together the current race, gender and disability equality duties
but will also extend to age,
