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May 2013
17/05/2013: Majority of Supreme Court hold that Methodist minister was not an employee
16/05/2013: Court ruling a win against ‘big boys’
14/05/2013: Relocation requirement following grievance about racist comments was not victimisation
10/05/2013: Queen's Speech 2013: implications for employment law
09/05/2013: Homophobic comments by football club shareholder could shift the burden of proof in discrimination c
07/05/2013: Equality Act covers post-employment victimisation after all
02/05/2013: The free movement of workers
01/05/2013: Employment Tribunal Fees
April 2013
26/04/2013: New employee shareholder employment status finally set to become law
19/04/2013: Court of Appeal Judgment Merck v Sigma Pharmaceuticals
18/04/2013: Government approves new national minimum wage rate of £6.31
15/04/2013: Confidentiality agreement: interpretation
11/04/2013: Territorial Jurisdiction
10/04/2013: Corporate governance: trade union voting and engagement guidelines
04/04/2013: Redundancy situation existed even though replacement for under-performing employee had already been
03/04/2013: New quarterly tribunal statistics published
March 2013
26/03/2013: 70 job losses at defence firm in Gloucestershire
22/03/2013: TUPE: administrator's dismissal of football club employees was not for an ETO reason
20/03/2013: German employee married to British soldier not entitled to bring unfair dismissal claim
18/03/2013: Court of Appeal Dismissal of Baby P social workers following second disciplinary procedure was fair
13/03/2013: Parental leave entitlement increased on 8 March 2013
12/03/2013: Crufts 2013 - Blondie gets Best of Breed
11/03/2013: Equality Act 2010 does not cover post-employment victimisation
08/03/2013: Using assessment centre competency tests as part of redundancy selection process was unreasonable
06/03/2013: ERRB Report Stage amendments approved by Lords
04/03/2013: Tribunal not required to look behind previously issued final warning
February 2013
27/02/2013: Employment Tribunal had been right to reject a Catholic sub-editor's religious harassment claim
25/02/2013: Share buybacks: government response to consultation on implementation of Nuttall review
22/02/2013: Whistleblowing: disclosure after employment ends can be protected
18/02/2013: Age discrimination: requirement for law degree not objectively justified

National minimum wage rates from October 2012

28 March 2012

The government has accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission and announced the following national minimum wage rates, which will take effect from 1 October 2012:

  • The standard adult rate (workers aged 21 and over) will rise to £6.19 per hour (up 1.8% from £6.08).
  • The development rate (workers aged between 18 and 20) will remain at £4.98 per hour.
  • The young workers rate (workers aged under 18 but above the compulsory school age who are not apprentices) will remain at £3.68 per hour.
  • The rate for apprentices will rise to £2.65 per hour (up 1.9% from £2.60).
  • The accommodation offset will rise to £4.82 per day (up 1.9% from £4.73).

The government had considered calls to freeze the national minimum wage to encourage recruitment and the decision to freeze the youth rates was reported earlier this month.

Sources: National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission Report 2012, Low Pay Commission, March 2012