Shared Parental Leave Discrimination Judgment

Recently, there have been a number of cases going through the courts discussing the prospect that it is sex discrimination to pay men on shared parental leave at a lower rate than mothers on maternity leave. One of our barristers just shared this with us so we thought we would share this interesting decision with you. ‘’There has been much comment on the ET decisions in Capita v Ali and Hextall v Leicestershire Police which raised the prospect that it is sex discrimination to pay men on shared parental leave at a lower rate than mothers on maternity leave. In…

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Reform of tax and NICs treatment of termination payments from 2018/2019

  The government has embarked on a series of reforms to the tax and NICs treatment of termination payments. The following changes will be taking effect: From 6 April 2018, all payments in lieu of notice (PILON) will now be treated as earnings (subject to tax and class 1 NICs). Accordingly, the tax treatment no longer depends on whether there is a PILON clause in the contract. Effectively, this means that employers will be required to subject to tax an amount equivalent to the employee's basic pay if and to the extent that notice is not worked. From 6 April 2019, all termination payments above the £30,000 threshold will now also…

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Settlement agreements - Claims that are not capable of compromise under a settlement agreement

                  Employers often enter into Settlement Agreements with their employees as a way of settling potential claims that the employee may have against the Employer. But did you know that some claims can only be settled through ACAS Conciliation and some can’t be compromised at all? Claims that are not capable of compromise under a settlement agreement  The following claims do not have any statutory mechanism for settlement. The right to statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay. This is because there is an absolute restriction…

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Settlement agreements - Claims that can only be settled by Acas conciliation

                  Employers often enter into Settlement Agreements with their employees as a way of settling potential claims that the employee may have against the Employer. But did you know that some claims can only be settled through ACAS Conciliation and some can’t be compromised at all? Claims that can only be settled by Acas conciliation Claims under section 188 of Trade Union Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act (TULCRA) for failure to inform and consult with appropriate representatives on collective redundancies. However, it is possible to use a settlement agreement to compromise an individual…

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Employment Law Update Seminar – *Mock Employment Tribunal* - 7th June 2018

Our last Afternoon Update on 25th January 2018 was a great success and Partners Employment Lawyers are now delighted to invite you to our next complimentary Afternoon Update to experience the theatre of an Employment Tribunal. We highly encourage those delegates who make decisions in respect of staff to attend this invaluable learning session to gain an understanding of what an Employment Tribunal is really like. This is a highly interactive session which will encorunage delegates question their own decision-making. For details of the event please see below. Date: Thursday 7th June 2018 - 2.00pm until 4.00pm Venue: The Law…

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