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April 2013 inflation data

April 2013 inflation data

HR News Tuesday, 21 May 2013
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UK Consumer Prices Index inflation fell in the year to April 2013 to 2.4%. The detailed figures are as follows:

  • The headline rate of inflation in April 2013 was 2.9% (down from the previous month’s 3.3%)
  • The RPI for April is 249.5
  • The underlying rate of inflation in April was also 2.9% (down from the previous month’s 3.2%)
  • The Consumer Prices Index for April 2012 was 125.9, giving a percentage increase over the last 12 months of 2.4% (down from the previous month’s 2.8%)
 
 
Seven weeks’ pay too much for technical breach of consultation process

Seven weeks’ pay too much for technical breach of consultation process

Case Digests - TUPE Thursday, 16 May 2013
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The employer’s process for electing employee representatives on a TUPE transfer fell short of what the law required but, because it was a relatively minor breach, the protective award was reduced accordingly.
Shields Automotive Ltd v Langdon and Brolly
 
 
ACAS code of practice applied to SOSR dismissal

ACAS code of practice applied to SOSR dismissal

Case Digests - Unfair dismissal Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Does the ACAS Code of Practice apply to a dismissal for some other substantial reason where disciplinary proceedings ought to have been started? Yes according to the EAT.
Lund v St Edmunds School
 
 
Employee Rewards Watch

Employee Rewards Watch

Survey Watch Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Escalating costs and a lack of engagement from employees are just some of the challenges facing HR as they find themselves under increasing pressure to make significant changes to their benefits package, according to Employee Rewards Watch 2013 from Thomsons Online Benefits.
 
 
Employment growth set to continue

Employment growth set to continue

Survey Watch Monday, 13 May 2013
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The CIPD paints a fairly optimistic picture for the jobs market in its Spring 2013 Labour Market Outlook (LMO), predicting continued employment growth into the second quarter of this year - the fifth consecutive quarter of projected growth. But things are still very tough for job seekers, especially for those with less experience, skills or qualifications.
 
 
Fair dismissal where third party refused to allow employee to work at its premises

Fair dismissal where third party refused to allow employee to work at its premises

Case Digests - Unfair dismissal Friday, 10 May 2013
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An employee dismissed despite unsubstantiated allegations against him, had been fairly dismissed for ‘some other substantial reason’ where a third party refused to allow him to carry out work for it. His employer had made all reasonable efforts to avoid the injustice caused.
Jafri v Lincoln College
 
 
The Queen’s Speech and HR

The Queen’s Speech and HR

HR News Thursday, 09 May 2013
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The Queen’s Speech opening the new Parliamentary session contained fewer announcements relating to employment law and HR than in previous years, and all have been flagged up or announced previously.
 
 
Employee Outlook, Spring 2013

Employee Outlook, Spring 2013

Survey Watch Wednesday, 08 May 2013
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The voluntary sector is leading the way in employee engagement and other sectors could learn something from it according to the CIPD's spring 2013 Employee Outlook survey.
 
 
'Affected employees' for the purposes of informing and consulting

'Affected employees' for the purposes of informing and consulting

Case Digests - TUPE Thursday, 02 May 2013
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Employees working in a part of a business that was not being transferred were not ‘affected employees’ protected by TUPE. This meant that the duty to ‘inform and consult’ those employees before the transfer took place didn’t apply to them, even though their part of the business ultimately closed down after the transfer took place.
I Lab Facilities Ltd v Metcalfe
 
 
Guaranteed bonuses: be careful what you promise

Guaranteed bonuses: be careful what you promise

Case Digests - Contracts of employment Thursday, 02 May 2013
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An employer’s announcement to staff of a guaranteed minimum bonus pool of €400m to be allocated on a discretionary basis, subject only to assessment of individual performance, gave rise to a contractual obligation to pay bonuses on that basis - the verbal announcement was sufficiently clear and had been intended to create legally enforceable obligations. 

Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd and Commerzbank AG v Attrill
 
 
Employer must show that representatives are ‘appropriate’

Employer must show that representatives are ‘appropriate’

Case Digests - Redundancy Wednesday, 01 May 2013
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An employer had failed properly to consult in a collective redundancy situation because it had not shown that the representatives it consulted (members of its Joint Consultative Committee), were ‘appropriate’ and had the requisite authority to represent the affected staff. Neither had the employer supplied all the required information to representatives or ensured that ways of avoiding any dismissals were actually discussed.
Kelly v The Hesley Group Ltd
 
 
Employment law changes on the statute book

Employment law changes on the statute book

HR News Monday, 29 April 2013
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Some fundamental changes to employment law and health and safety law have made their way onto the statute book via the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA 2013) which received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. Some provisions will come into force in June and others are awaiting a confirmed implementation date which is likely to be either October 2013 or April 2014.
 
 
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Thursday, 16 May 2013

Using mobile technology to recruit

Recruiters have been slow to adopt mobile recruitment and are in danger of losing candidates. With one in four of us accessing the web from a mobile, and this trend increasing as you move down the age range, it has stark implications for all organisations on the recruitment trail. The more mobile optimised your recruitment process is the better placed you will be to access the best breadth of talent. Yet many companies make some fundamental errors when trying to make their recruitment process mobile friendly. 
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