Employment Law Edinburgh News

The mental health charity Mind has responded to an announcement by the Government that, following on from its Red Tape Challenge, it intends to introduce a number of reforms to simplify the Equality Act and remove unnecessary legislation.

Tags: Discriminatory Practices, Equal Opportunities, Discrimination Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Edinburgh Employment Law Advice, Employment Rights, Disability Discrimination

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

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

Many Scots are being ‘exploited’ by employers who feel they can treat their employees unfairly because of the recession, according to evidence published by Citizens Advice Scotland.

Tags: Unfair Dismissal, Low Paid Workers, Changing Terms And Conditions, Employment Rights, Unfair Dismissal Advice Edinburgh, Unfair Dismissal Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The TUC has published a guide to the UK's key enforcement agencies to raise awareness of basic rights at work amidst concerns that thousands of workers across the UK are being exploited.

Tags: National Minimum Wage, Employment Rights, Employee Rights, Minimum Wage Advice Edinburgh, Minimum Wage 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

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

Working Families has carried out a survey of employers’ readiness for the employment law changes to Additional Paternity Leave (APL) and Pay, introduced for parents of babies due on or after 3rd April 2011.

Tags: Employment Rights, paternity leave, paternity pay, paternity leave advice dunfermline, paternity leave advice lawyers dunfermline

The Government has called for a major review of the sickness absence system in Great Britain in order to help combat the staggering £100 billion that working age ill health costs the economy every year.

Tags: Employment Rights, absence management, managing absence advice lawyers stirling, managing absence advice stirling

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has put forward two dozen policy changes over ten areas of Government policy which could transform growth prospects at little or no cost to the taxpayer, including a number that would directly impact on employment law.

Tags: employment law, Employment Rights, Employment Tribunals, employment tribunal representation edinburgh, employment tribunal edinburgh

The latest CIPD Employee Outlook Survey shows that employees are concerned over their standard of living and job security.

Tags: Redundancy, reorganisation, Employment Rights, employment law, terms and conditions, employees advice edinburgh