European Commission announces plans to reduce gender pay gap
The European Commission has committed to reducing the gender pay gap in the EU as part of its five year strategy for gender equality. The Commission intends, if necessary, to use both legislative and non-legislative methods to reduce the gender pay gap, which currently stands at 18 per cent across the EU as a whole. Click here for the full story.
Blacklisting of union members outlawed
On 2 March 2010 the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations SI 2010/493 came into force, preventing the use of blacklists to deny employment or dismiss employees as a result of their trade union membership or activities. BIS has published guidance on the Regulations and their application. Click here for the full story.
Constructive dismissal cannot be 'cured'
In Buckland v Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation the Court of Appeal has held that the 'range of reasonable responses' test is not appropriate to establishing whether an employer has committed a repudiatory breach of contract entitling an employee to claim constructive dismissal. The Court of Appeal went on to hold that an employer cannot 'cure' a repudiatory breach before an employee decides to treat it as dismissal. Click here for the full story.