Ian Smith considers the latest employment law developments
The last month has seen two important legislative developments now in the pipe line. Also, two Court of Appeal decisions have clarified points of interpretation on the “ancillary provisions” part of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010). They are welcome for at least two reasons: (i) these are points of law that were causing some uncertainty; and (i) they show that we are at last now having case law reach us under EqA 2010 rather than the seven previous pieces of legislation (on equal pay, sex, race, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation and age), which are finally about to be removed from Harvey after a mere four transitional years (!). Lastly, mention is made of an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision on internal disciplinary appeals which looks odd at first, is in fact quite logical but may need careful handling as a precedent.
Legislative changes in force from 6 April
1) Early conciliation and financial penalties on employers
The Commencement (No 5) Order (SI 2014/253) to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 brings into effect on
