Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to United Kingdom as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

United Kingdom: Government proposes paid leave for bereaved parents

A private members Bill that may well obtain broad parliamentary support, proposes that parents be given two weeks paid leave (at a modest flat rate) following the death of their child – if the child is under 18 years old …

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United Kingdom: Universities accused of ‘social apartheid’

A former Education Minister has accused Britain’s two top Universities in Oxford and Cambridge of manifesting a huge bias towards white applicants from the south-east of England …

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United Kingdom: Consumer price inflation

Although the annual rate of consumer price inflation was widely predicted to hit 3 …

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United Kingdom: Britain is £490bn poorer than thought

At last the UK government has come clean and admitted that the real size of the UK economy is half a trillion £ less than previously claim …

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United Kingdom: Sainsbury’s is cutting 2000 UK jobs

The supermarket chain Sainsburys is cutting 2000 store and back office jobs – including local payroll services …

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United Kingdom: Export funds doubled to £5 billion to support UK-Malaysia trade

As part of post-Brexit preparations the UK’s export credit agency has increased its funding for Malaysian companies to buy British – from £2 …

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United Kingdom: Number of tribunal claims increases since fees abolished

According to the law firm Irwin Mitchell “single claims issued in Employment Tribunals have started to increase significantly since fees were abolished on 26 July 2017 and those relating to unlawful deduction from wages, are returning from the brink of extinction” …

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United Kingdom: Employers must investigate before suspension occurs

The high court has ruled that employers must investigate, formally ‘hear’ and document all incidents before suspension occurs …

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United Kingdom: The Burden of proof protocol

The Burden of proof protocol used by employment tribunals has been declared incorrect by the Employment Appeals Tribunal …

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United Kingdom: Amendment to Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015

A proposed amendment to Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 will make certain annual public (MSA) statement elements mandatory and companies not making supply chain compliance investigations or taking remedial actions will have to explain why they have not done so …

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United Kingdom: Filling the void

The government is busy seeking alternative markets for UK goods and services to fill the gap that will be left by Brexit …

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United Kingdom: Male maternity rights

Up to now there has been no statutory requirement for initial enhanced maternity pay to be transferred to the shared parental leave period if the father takes over childcare responsibilities following the birth …

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United Kingdom: Zero hours contract has grown

According to the Office for National Statistics the proportion of the UK workforce on employment contracts with no fixed minimum hours remains unchanged at 5% …

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United Kingdom: Tribunal trends

The pattern of ‘first instance’ litigation in the UK has now been illuminated by the launch of the Department of Justice’s website on employment tribunal claims …

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United Kingdom: The cost of time off

How much pay an employee is entitled to during their statutory annual leave remains problematic, in spite of several ground-breaking court decisions …

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