Employment law – what to expect

2012 Forward planner

6 April Employment Tribunal rule changes, permitting unfair dismissal cases to be heard by judges sitting alone and increasing deposit orders (from £500 to £100) and costs awards (from £10,000 to £20,000)

6 April Witness statements in the tribunal will no longer be read aloud unless the tribunal directs otherwise ext here

April Underhill J report on tribunal reform expected along with recommendations for a revised procedural code

1 October Pensions auto-enrolment and minimum employer contributions take effect for larger employers

1 October Standard rate of national minimum wage will rise to £6.19

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Key

Hearing

Judgment

Other

April 2012

Qualifying period for unfair dismissal rights rises to 2 years

from 6 April Statutory sick pay to rise to £85.85 per week and Maternity,

Paternity and Adoption pay to £135.45

Anged v Fagsa

CJEU considering

the effect of

sickness absence

upon annual leave

and the question of

interrupting and

rescheduling leave

as a result

Government

Consultation on

Modern

Workplaces

Response paper is

due and will reveal

Govt proposals

regarding flexible

working, parental

leave, holiday and

equal pay

Bailey v R&R

Plant

(Peterborough)

Limited

EAT will clarify the

information

employers must

provide about the

right to work

beyond retirement.

Odar v Baxter

Deutschland

GmBH

CJEU to consider

justification of age

discrimination in

the context of

redundancy

payment schemes

Meister v Speech

Design Carrier

Systems GmBH

CJEU to rule on

whether, under EU

discrimination law,

unsuccessful job

candidates are

entitled to find out

whether another

applicant obtained

the post and why

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council v Hamilton and Sunderland Council v Brennan

The Court of Appeal to clarify the genuine and material defence in

an equal pay claim involving productivity bonuses