Employer-employee relationships can become strained due to a number of different factors and sometimes both parties wish to amicably part ways and embark on what they term as ‘off the record’ or ‘without prejudice’ conversations with a view to entering into a compromise agreement. The Question is; if no agreement is reached can the content of those conversations be admissible in the employment tribunal?
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Monthly Archive September 2012
Further plans by the Government to provide businesses more flexibility through changing employment laws
I know it may only seem as though it was yesterday that I was informing everyone on the consultation about the employment tribunal but I can assure you that it was last month! So I thought for those of you who are following the reforms I would provide you with a short summary of the proposal by Business Secretary Vince Cable on 14 September. He announced further steps to reduce employment law in his vision to give business owners/managers more flexibility in managing their workforce.
Read MoreNew BIS scheme to enforce National Minimum Wage (NMW) by naming and shaming employers
You may have all heard about the BIS scheme which was launched on 1 January 2011 and set out to name employers who failed to pay their employees the NMW. Well now Norman Lamb, Minister for Employment Relations, has named the first employer – Rita Patel. The Leicester hair and beauty salon owner has been named for failing to pay £3,361.22 to former worker following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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