Employment Law Made Easy

Everything an employer needs to know about the latest employment law regulations and what this means for their business and staff. In one easy-read book.

Employment Law Made Easy does exactly what it says. It makes Employment Law easy to understand, to put into practice and to apply to your business. Quickly, and without any fuss. So you can get on with your business.

We usually only think of employment law when it is too late. And we’re in the middle of a rather messy disciplinary situation… Or we’ve placed a recruitment ad but vaguely remember some age discrimination legislation…

But Employment Law is something we all work under in business and it’s so easy to get up to speed.

Employment Law Made Easy will answer all your questions on the latest employment law regulations and how it affects:

• your recruitment
• your obligations as an employer
• your employees' obligations to you
• your employees with families
• discrimination at your workplace
• terminating employment and the disciplinary process for your staff

Few legal regulations change as rapidly as employment law.

Recent developments in employees’ rights have radically altered the legal relationship between employer and employee. Find out what this means for you and your staff.

Employment Law Made Easy gives you an everyman perspective on employment law from an insider expert.

In today’s cultural climate it is increasingly popular to seek legal remedies for violations of employment law. It's vital that every business understands what employment law means for them, and their staff. If you want to learn what simple best practice steps you can take to avoid the courts and adhere to employment law, you should read Employment Law Made Easy… and then you can simply get on with business!

Employment Law Made Easy Contents

From 6 April 2009 a number of employment law changes have occurred. They are as follows:

Statutory grievance procedure (or sometimes referred to as statutory dispute resolution procedure)

This procedure is abolished from 6 April 2009. All references to this procedure in the book should be ignored.  Employers are still required to follow a fair procedure in dealing with disciplinary matters and grievances. ACAS have issued a new code on disciplinary and grievance procedures. Please see www.acas.org.uk. If the code is not followed, tribunal awards can be increased by up to 25%.

Paid holiday

From 1 April 2009 paid holiday increases to 5.6 weeks (or 28 days) for a full-time worker or pro-rata that amount for a part-time worker. This can include bank and public holidays.

Flexible working

From 6 April 2009 parents with children under 17 can now request flexible working (previously it was parents with children under six). The same rules apply in respect of what the employer must do when they receive such a request.

Pay increases

From 6 April 2009 Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)/Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)/Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) increases to £123.06 and Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) increases to £79.15.

The National Insurance contribution rate is now £90.