Redundancy pay rate and tribunal award increases from 1 February 2012

Published: 31.01.2012

From 1st February 2012 we will see new limits for payments for unfair dismissal and redundancy, together with increases in awards made to workers in certain employment rights cases.

These increases include the following:

- the limit on the amount of a week’s pay for the purpose of calculating statutory redundancy pay will increase from £400 to £430

Employee Wellbeing MUST be a priority for businesses in 2012

Published 23 January 2012

Employees are an organisation’s most important asset, so it makes good commercial sense to take a proactive approach to employee wellbeing to enhance and maintain good performance.

In particular, conditions such as stress and depression can have devastating effects — Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics, for instance, reveal that over 40,000 workers took sick days between October and December citing stress, depression or anxiety. Employers have a duty of care to ensure that they prevent issues occurring and manage any existing ones.

In the majority of cases, the person who may notice that there is something wrong with a member of staff will be the line manager;

QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE JUNE 2012 - NEW BANK HOLIDAY FOR EMPLOYEES

Date added: 10 January 2012

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations will centre around an extended weekend in 2012 on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June.

The bank holiday for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will be on Tuesday 5 June. To form a long weekend of celebration the late May bank holiday will be moved to Monday 4 June.

Do you have to give employees these Bank Holidays?....