The Pensions Regulator has, for many years, campaigned to reduce the number of pension transfer scams. Its efforts appear to be having an effect. Cold calling, a typical sign of a scam, is decreasing and the number of UK savers
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Can an employee bring new proceedings relying on the same protected disclosures after signing a COT3 Agreement?
In Ajaz v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment judge erred in concluding that rule 52 of the Tribunal Rules 2013 prevented the claimant from raising new whistleblowing detriment claims after…
Increase in minimum wage rates and changes to age ranges
The Government has announced a series of changes to the national minimum wage, increasing the rates for all workers and giving 21-year-old workers entitlement to the full National Living Wage for the first time. These changes will take effect on…
The AHRC’s powers commence from 12 December 2023: Are you positive your business is prepared?
This article was co-authored with Jessica Kamleh, Phina Conroy and Michael Wilson.
In late 2022, new provisions were included in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SD Act) to impose a positive duty on employers and persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to take reasonable…
Le droit de sous-traiter certains travaux en l’absence de « personnel qualifié » : l’employeur n’a pas l’obligation de mettre ses salariés à l’épreuve
Dans une décision rendue en septembre 2023[1], opposant le Syndicat des salariés(es) de la fromagerie (CSD) (le Syndicat) à Agropur, coopérative agroalimentaire (l’Employeur), un tribunal d’arbitrage (le Tribunal) était confronté à plusieurs griefs où le Syndicat contestait la…
Supreme Court decision on whether Deliveroo Riders are workers
The Supreme Court in the UK has held that food delivery riders (Riders) were not in an ‘employment relationship’ for the purposes of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, meaning that the provisions of that article which…
Increased regulation and a potential ban on engineered stone
The status of silica regulation across Australia
This article was co-authored by Hattie Wilson
In recent years, Australia has seen a significant increase in the number of cases of silicosis and other crystalline silica (silica) related diseases in the workplace. …
Managing the risks of concussions in contact sports: a Senate inquiry
This article was co-authored by Hattie Wilson
In recent years, evidence of the link between concussions and repeated head trauma sustained in contact sports, and the short and long-term impacts of such injuries on an individual’s health, has gained increasing…
La responsabilité criminelle des entreprises dans un contexte de santé et de sécurité du travail: Commentaire sur l’arrêt CFG Construction inc. c. R.
Résumé
Dans CFG Construction inc. c. R.[1], la Cour d’appel du Québec (« Cour d’appel ») est appelée à se prononcer sur le cadre juridique applicable à la responsabilité criminelle des entreprises. Cette décision représente l’un des rares cas d’application…
UK Pensions: Flurry of pensions-related announcements in Autumn Statement
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on November 22, 2023, included a long list of pensions announcements, although only the first three set out below have a firm starting date of April 6, 2024.
- Commitment to the triple lock – the State
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