The Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations 2015 will come into force on 11 January 2016. These new Regulations provide a remedy for zero hours workers against employers who include exclusivity clauses in their contracts of employment. Exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts are already unenforceable. The Regulations provide: A right for employees working under zero hours contracts not to be unfairly dismissed if the reason, or principal reason, is that the employee has failed to comply with an exclusivity clause. A right for workers working under zero hours contracts not to be subjected to any detriment by
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The Department for Work and Pensions has published proposed Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Pay, Maternity Allowance and Statutory Sick Pay  for the year beginning 6 April 2016. Because of a 0.1% fall in the Consumer Price Index, there will be no increase to those payments for the 2016-17 tax year and so the figures will remain the same as the current tax year.
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