Thursday 17 November

From 6 April 2012, an employee will be required to have two years' continuous employment (the qualifying period) before being eligible to bring a claim for unfair dismissal before the UK Employment Tribunals.

The announcement was made by the UK government last month in an attempt to reduce the number of cases being brought before the tribunals and to help boost the UK's economic growth by removing just some of the risks incurred by employers in recruiting new employees.

In this article Emma Parr considers what impact, if any, this will have on Guernsey employers.

Thursday 17 November

More people are looking to the Employment Tribunal for recourse to resolve disputes arising from their employment. 194 applications were received by the tribunal between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2011, resulting in an increase of 15% from last year's figures.

In this article Simon Hurry considers why tribunal cases are on the rise in Jersey.

Thursday 17 November

This was the all important question asked recently in England's Court of Appeal. Whether you are a female part-time worker, or an employer responsible for employing female part-time employees, you may be very interested to learn of a recent UK Court of Appeal decision, particularly if your business operates a voluntary occupational pension scheme.

Emma Parr suggests that the important lesson for Channel Islands business employing full and part-time employees, is to be mindful that any treatment which is different between those employees could be discriminatory.