2013 is going to be a year of changes in employment law and we thought it would be useful to keep you updated with the schedule for the changes. 1 February 2013: Tribunal compensation limits will increase The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will rise from £72,300 to £74,200 and the maximum amount of a week’s pay, used to calculate statutory redundancy pay (among other things), will rise from £430 to £450. March 2013: Equality Act changes Individuals will no longer have the very specific protection for harassment by third parties in the Equality Act (e.g. where an employee
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The government has announced changes to collective redundancy rules where 100 or more employees are affected. The 90-day minimum period before the first redundancy can take effect will be reduced to 45 days and a new ACAS non-statutory code of practice will be introduced. The government also intends to introduce new legislation to exclude employees whose fixed-term contracts are about to expire from collective redundancy consultations. These changes are due to come into effect on 6 April 2013.
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