Darren Beckinsale • Newsletters, Risk Insights • 10th Oct 2018 • 2 min read time Temporary incapacity may be considered a ‘long-term’ disability Employees who are disabled are protected from discrimination under employment law. Disability is usually permanent and long term. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) was asked to consider whether short-term (temporary) incapacity of uncertain length could be considered long-term incapacity and, therefore, protected from disability discrimination under EU Equal Treatment law. Case: Daouidi (D) v […]
Darren Beckinsale • Newsletters, Regulatory Updates • 10th Oct 2018 • 2 min read time Minimum wage and statutory payments to rise from April 2017 Statutory weekly payments for parents and sick pay will go up from April 2017, as shown below. The increase of 1% reflects the annual increase in the consumer price index in the year to September 2016. This is the first increase since April 2015. These payments didn’t change in April 2016 because the index fell […]
Darren Beckinsale • Employee Benefits & Wellbeing • 10th Oct 2018 • 3 min read time Salary Increase or Employee Benefits? A survey conducted by Glassdoor in late 2015 showed that 79% of employees would prefer new or additional benefits rather than a pay rise. 37% would prefer more holiday/leave and 32% wanted paid sick days. Interestingly the most in demand benefit was healthcare insurance (40%). The Investors in People’s Job Exodus Trends poll in 2016 […]
