Employment Law Edinburgh News

A new study for Working Families and Netmums has found overwhelming opposition to plans to reduce maternity leave to 18 weeks. Working Families employer members have also voiced concerns about reducing maternity leave to 18 weeks and warn of hidden costs to business.

Tags: Maternity Rights, Maternity Leave And Pay, Edinburgh Employment Lawyers, Employment Law Advice Dunfermline, Dunfermline Employment Lawyers

To make the EU single market work better for workers and for business, the European Commission has proposed new rules to increase the protection of workers temporarily posted abroad.

Tags: Posted Workers, Working Abroad, Employment Rights, Terms And Conditions Of Employment, Posted Workers Advice Edinburgh, Posted Workers Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The proportion of employees in their late 50s and early 60s working unpaid overtime has increased sharply in the last decade - despite a fall in unpaid hours for the rest of the workforce - according to a recent study.

Tags: Employment Lawyers Edinburgh, Employment Law Advice Solicitors Edinburgh, Unpaid Overtime, Working Hours, Hours Of Work

In its response to a government call for evidence on the Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations, the TUC has warned that weakening TUPE risks driving down pay and increasing unemployment.

Tags: TUPE Regulations, Transfer Of Undertakings, Employment Rights, Employment Protection, TUPE Advice Edinburgh, TUPE Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The results of a study into the feasibility of job sharing in senior management, client-facing and project-driven roles have recently been released.

Tags: Part Time Working, Job Share, Work-Life Balance, Part Time Working Advice Edinburgh, Part Time Working Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

An independent review aimed at reducing the cost of sickness to employers, taxpayers and the economy has been presented to the Government.

Tags: Manging Sickness Absence, Absence Management Policy, Statutory Sick Pay, Absence Management Advice Edinburgh, Absence Management Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

New figures, obtained by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) under a Freedom of Information request, show that out of a total 218,100 employment tribunal claims in 2010/11, just 277 alleged that employers had failed to observe flexible working regulations. The majority of these claims (229) were successfully conciliated by ACAS or settled out of court and, of the 48 that actually reached tribunal, just 10 were successful.

Tags: Employment Tribunal, Flexible Working, Employment Rights, Flexible Working Advice Edinburgh, Flexible Working Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called for the Government to introduce a small employer's relief for the recovery of statutory sick pay (SSP), as new figures show that sickness absence costs small businesses on average £1,500 per year.

Tags: Maternity leave, Absence Management Advice Edinburgh, Absence Management Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

One in three people (31%) accepted a new job with no idea about whether it came with a pension, meaning they ignored a benefit that’s typically worth thousands of pounds a year, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Tags: Pension Schemes, Employment Rights, Employment Contract, Employment Rights Advice Falkirk, Employment Rights Advice Lawyers Falkirk

Hundreds of thousands of agency workers across the UK will benefit from improved working conditions when the new equal treatment rights for temps come into effect on the 1st October 2011.

Tags: Agency Workers Regulations, Temporary Workers, Employment Rights, Agency Workers Regulations Advice Edinburgh, Agency Workers Regulations Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The Government has published guidance to help employers and the recruitment sector prepare for the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations.

Tags: Employment Rights, agency workers, agency workers advice dunfermline, agency workers advice lawyers dunfermline