A new ‘fit note’ is going to be introduced in place of the doctor’s sick note on 6 April 2010 if Parliament approves the changes.
The purpose is to provide employers with details on what duties an employee can undertake, and what support they should provide.
What does this mean?
The new fit note will be called the [...]
A manager has been jailed after he admitted forging documents in a bid to influence an employment tribunal.
Jason Robinson, who managed a car hire firm in Falkirk, faked a contract of employment and disciplinary warning letter after a former employee accused him of harassment.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that when Susan Moffat, who was [...]
The UK officially came out of recession last week, and we will know in April if Scotland is officially out of recession. The CBI warned last week that a full recovery for the UK economy is unlikely until 2012.
There are now definite signs that the job market is picking up, and employees will now [...]
We’ve posted about this before but just wanted to remind you that from tomorrow new compensation limits for tribunal claims come into force. The main changes are:
the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will fall to £65,300
the limit on the amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day will [...]
As the end of the month approaches, and most staff await their first pay since Christmas, some may be in for a nasty surprise. Due to the heavy snow in most parts of Scotland before, during and after Christmas, the majority of businesses were affected in some way. In fact, it is widely believed the adverse [...]
Dunfermlinepress.com reported last week that Dunfermline Electronics firm Simclar International Ltd have been ordered to pay Alexander Shand £8009 after an Employment Tribunal panel concluded the his sacking for failing to clock out to attend a hospital appointment was unfair.
Remarkably, the firm’s original decision to dismiss Mr Shand for ‘gross misconduct’ was upheld following an [...]
A pilot for a new case management system for Employment Tribunals and ACAS Individual Conciliation called Caseflow started in the Nottingham Employment Tribunal and ACAS offices in late November 2009.
The main goal of this initiative is to deliver improvements in efficiency and effectiveness by replacing the current paper based system with an electronic one where [...]
Here’s to the bright New Year, and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.
Happy New Year to Everyone and all the best for a successful 2010!!
Hopefully you’ve been enjoying the holidays and have been taking full advantage of the opportunity [...]
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