minimum wage – Page 3 – Current Awareness

Certainty for all: a plea to the Taylor Review by Caspar Glyn QC, Anna Beale & Nathaniel Caiden – Cloisters

Posted February 22nd, 2017 in carers, employment, minimum wage, news by sally

‘In November 2016, the government commissioned a review of modern employment practices. It is being led by Matthew Taylor and will focus on what has become known as the “gig economy”. In this blog, we summarise our written evidence to that review. Our central plea was that our legislators provide certainty for all. In our view this can best be achieved by extending basic workers’ rights to all but the truly self-employed.’

Cloisters, 9th February 2017

Source: www.cloisters.com

Tax barrister plans to take Uber to court over alleged £20m black hole – The Guardian

Posted February 22nd, 2017 in employment tribunals, foreign companies, HM Revenue & Customs, minimum wage, news, queen's counsel, self-employment, sex discrimination, sexual offences, taxis, transport, VAT by sally

‘A leading tax lawyer is planning to challenge Uber in the courts over what he alleges could be a £20m-a-year black hole in its tax payments in the UK.’

The Guardian, 21st February 2017

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Courier wins holiday pay in key tribunal ruling on gig economy – The Guardian

Posted January 9th, 2017 in employment tribunals, holiday pay, minimum wage, news, remuneration, self-employment by sally

‘A cycle courier working for the delivery firm CitySprint has won the right to paid holidays and minimum pay in a key ruling on the gig economy.’

The Guardian, 6th January 2017

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Government names new chief to lead crackdown on worker exploitation – The Guardian

Posted January 5th, 2017 in employment, gangmasters, immigration, minimum wage, news by tracey

‘The government has moved to crack down on unscrupulous employers by appointing a new boss to lead the collection of government bodies tasked with stamping out exploitation in the workplace. Prof Sir David Metcalf, a founding member of the Low Pay Commission and former chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, was named on Thursday as the first director of Labour Market Enforcement.’

The Guardian, 5th January 2017

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gangmasters agree to pay more than £1m to settle modern slavery claim – The Guardian

Posted December 21st, 2016 in compensation, costs, employment, gangmasters, migrant workers, minimum wage, news, trafficking in human beings by tracey

‘A Kent-based gangmaster couple have agreed to a landmark settlement worth more than £1m in compensation and legal costs for a group of migrants who were trafficked to work on farms producing eggs for high street brands.’

The Guardian, 20th December 2016

Source; www.guardian.co.uk

Unpaid internships reform plan blocked in Commons – BBC News

Posted November 7th, 2016 in bills, minimum wage, news, remuneration, volunteers by sally

‘Reforms aimed at banning unpaid internships have been blocked after Tory backbenchers and the government spoke against the proposals in the Commons.’

BBC News, 4th November 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Only three out of 700 firms prosecuted for paying below minimum wage – The Guardian

Posted September 28th, 2016 in minimum wage, news, prosecutions by sally

‘Just three employers have been prosecuted for paying workers below the minimum wage despite HM Revenue and Customs finding 700 who have broken the law in the past two and a half years.’

The Guardian, 28th September 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Care workers sue council contractor in minimum wage battle – BBC News

Posted September 14th, 2016 in care workers, employment tribunals, local government, minimum wage, news, trade unions by tracey

‘Seventeen care workers are alleging failure to be paid the minimum wage in the sector’s biggest ever legal claim.’

BBC News, 14th September 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ten new laws that come into force in April 2016 – and how they affect you – The Independent

Posted April 4th, 2016 in benefits, budgets, council tax, dentists, deportation, dogs, EC law, hospitals, housing, immigration, interest, landlord & tenant, local government, medicines, minimum wage, national insurance, news, pensions, prisons, remuneration, rent, stamp duty, statistics, taxation by sally

‘April 2016 is a month of big changes for people living and working in the UK. A number of new laws and policies are coming into force, affecting just about everyone from public sector workers to dog owners. Here’s what the new laws could mean for you.’

The Independent, 3rd April 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Getting Paid For Sleeping On The Job – The National Minimum Wage – No. 5 Chambers

Posted October 7th, 2015 in contract of employment, minimum wage, news, remuneration by sally

‘In certain occupations, it is common for the employment contract to require the employee to sleep overnight at the place of employment some or all nights of the week and to be “on call” should any incidents arise. Typically those occupations attract low wages and include care workers, supervisors at boarding schools and porters in residential blocks of flats. If the employee is entitled to be paid for all the hours whilst they are present at the workplace, even when they are asleep, and not just those hours when they are attending incidents, then their average wage may fall below the National Minimum Wage [“NMW”]. What, then, is the test to be applied to whether hours spent asleep are to be taken into account?’

No. 5 Chambers, 30th September 2015

Source: www.no5.com

Travel time ruling will not automatically entitle UK mobile workers to extra pay, says expert – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 15th, 2015 in contract of employment, EC law, employment, minimum wage, news, remuneration, working time by tracey

‘FOCUS The EU’s highest court has ruled that the time those with no fixed place of work spend travelling between home and their first and last places of work each day counts as “woking time” – but this does not necessarily entitle them to extra pay.’

OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

When is travelling time working time? And when does working time not earn the minimum wage? – Employment Law Blog

Posted September 15th, 2015 in EC law, employment, minimum wage, news, working time by tracey

‘The European Court of Justice (“the ECJ”) has now given judgment in Federacion de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones obreras v Tyco Integrated Security Case C-266/14 consistent with the Advocate General’s opinion, on which James Goudie QC blogged recently. For peripatetic or mobile workers (who do not have a fixed or habitual workplace) time spent travelling from home to the first appointment and from the last appointment back home counts as working time under EU law. The judgment has very significant implications for employers whose workforce includes, for example, home care staff, gas fitters, and sales teams.’

Employment Law Blog, 14th September 2015

Source: www.employment11kbw.com

Queen’s Speech 2015: Scrapping the human rights act, right to buy, and an EU referendum – what you can expect – The Independent

Posted May 26th, 2015 in bills, education, employment, human rights, minimum wage, news, parliament, referendums, right to buy, speeches, taxation by sally

‘The Queen’s Speech marks the start of this session of parliament. The address, written by government ministers, is delivered by the Queen and lays out the Government’s agenda for the next year.’

The Independent, 26th May 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Holiday pay: Who is affected – and how much could you be paid? – The Independent

Posted November 5th, 2014 in appeals, employment tribunals, minimum wage, news, trade unions by sally

‘Staff who regularly clock up overtime could now be able to claim additional pay for annual vacation leave.’

The Independent, 4th November 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Care workers take Hampshire home employers to tribunal over pay and working hours – The Guardian

Posted August 18th, 2014 in care homes, care workers, contract of employment, contracting out, local government, minimum wage, news, remuneration, tribunals by tracey

‘Eleven female carers to the elderly are taking their employers to a tribunal claiming they were only paid by the minutes they spent with clients rather than their rostered working hours. The staff, who were on zero-hours contracts, allege that, due to the arrangements, they were paid less than the minimum wage of £6.31 an hour. It is understood that some of the employees at Apex Care in Romsey, Hampshire, where the firm was commissioned to provide the home care service by the council, believe their real hourly wage was close to £3.50.’

The Guardian, 17th August 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Minimum wage fine raised to £20,000 in UK – The Guardian

Posted January 15th, 2014 in fines, minimum wage, news by tracey

‘Vince Cable, the business secretary, is to toughen the regulations to ensure that a new maximum fine of £20,000 could be levied for every worker denied the minimum wage. Under the previous system, employers faced just one maximum fine of £5,000 plus a financial penalty of 50% of the missing wages.’

The Guardian, 15th January 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

HMRC targets unpaid intern employers – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2013 in HM Revenue & Customs, minimum wage, news, trade unions, young persons by michael

“HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is targeting 200 employers who recently advertised internships to ensure they are paying the minimum wage.”

BBC News, 11th November 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Unpaid intern who sued Sony awarded £4,600

Posted September 3rd, 2013 in employment, minimum wage, news, volunteers by sally

“An intern at Sony has reached a £4,600 settlement with the company after suing for unpaid wages.”

The Independent, 2nd September 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Employers forced to repay workers for refusing minimum wage – The Guardian

Posted May 31st, 2013 in employment, enforcement, HM Revenue & Customs, minimum wage, news, remuneration by sally

“Tens of thousands of workers who were denied the minimum wage have received hundreds of pounds in back pay from their employers following tougher enforcement policy by tax inspectors. Over the last year more than 26,000 workers were paid back £4m after action by HM Revenue and Customs, who are responsible for enforcing minimum wage laws.”

The Guardian, 30th May 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

An uncertain future for trainee solicitors: it’s all about the money, money, money – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted May 31st, 2012 in diversity, minimum wage, news, remuneration, trainee solicitors by tracey

“On 17 May 2012 the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced their decision to abolish the current minimum wage for trainee solicitors (the current minimum salary for trainee solicitors is £18,590 in Central London and £16,650 outside of London). From 1 August 2014 law firms will be able to pay trainee solicitors the national minimum hourly rate of £6.08. These changes to remuneration will cause additional barriers to access a career in law and will subsequently have a negative impact on the legal profession with a less diverse and equal workforce.”

Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th May 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

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