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Employment law brief: 16 June 2023

16 June 2023 / Ian Smith
Issue: 8029 / Categories: Features , Employment , Tribunals , Covid-19
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Heading off for the summer? In this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith (not pictured) rounds up holiday pay entitlement, redundancy law & check-off agreements
  • Holiday pay in lieu when leaving employment—the effect of a relevant agreement.
  • Redundancy law and COVID furloughing.
  • Remedies for failure to reinstate.
  • Discontinuance of check-offs by the employer; remedies for employees and unions.

The last month saw Royal Assent for four Acts affecting employment law. The government itself produced one on the fair assignment of tips to employees. It then adopted three Private Members’ Bills on increased redundancy protection for pregnancy and return to work, carer’s leave, and extra paid leave where a newborn has to go into neonatal care. These all require significant underpinning with secondary legislation, and at the moment it looks as if commencement may not come until into next year. In the meantime, this month’s case law tends to take the form of answers to fairly specific legal issues, but is nonetheless welcome for that.

Holiday pay

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