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Employment News

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	12 Jun 2012	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill amendment intended to increase settlement agreement use	News from the IDS Employment Law Team	At the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill's Second Reading on 11 June, the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, announced that he will make amendments at Committee Stage to increase the use of settleme...
	10 Sep 2008	BERR consults on European Works Councils	News from the IDS Employment Law Team	BERR has issued a consultation on the European Commission's proposals to recast the EC European Works Councils Directive (No.94/45). The Government has yet to form a detailed opinion but sets out fact...
	19 Nov 2012	Government to tackle ‘red tape’ with ‘one-in, two-out’ regulation rule	News from IDS Employment Law Team	Business Minister, Michael Fallon, has announced that, from January 2013, every new regulation imposing new financial burdens on firms must be offset by reductions in red tape to save double those cos...
	31 Mar 2011	Changes to employment law in April 2011	News form the IDS Employment Law Team	Despite the Government’s commitment to reducing the regulatory burdens on business, there has been much confusion over the changes expected to take effect this April. The changes include the abolition...
	13 Jan 2006	New rules will oblige employers to consult on pension changes		Draft regulations have been laid before Parliament that will require employers to undertake consultation before making changes to occupational and personal pension schemes.
	3 Nov 2008	Survey predicts rise in redundancies as employers face up to economic downturn	News from the IDS Employment Law Team	Employers are bracing themselves for a surge in redundancies in the next 12 months in order to cope with the expected onset of recession, according to a new survey carried out by the Chartered Institu...
	28 Feb 2013	EU plans to cap bankers’ bonuses	News from the IDS Employment Law Team	European Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a deal to cap bankers' annual bonuses at the level of their annual salaries in most cases.
	6 Aug 2007	Acas re-issues annual report		Following an announcement in July that there had been a substantial decrease in the number of claims to employment tribunals, it has transpired that the figures in the Acas annual report for the perio...
	27 Apr 2006	Acas publishes age discrimination guidance		Following Parliamentary approval of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, Acas has published a guide for employers entitled Age and the workplace, which is intended to help employer...
	20 Sep 2007	SDA amendment regulations delayed	News from the IDS Employment Law Team	Following the case of Equal Opportunities Commission v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Brief 826), the Government was obliged to introduce regulations amending the Sex Discrimination Act 19...