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The Redundancy Payments Act 1965 (c. 62) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced into UK labour law the principle that after a qualifying period of work, people would have a right to a severance payment in the event of their jobs becoming economically unnecessary to the employer. The functions of the redundancy ...
The amount of redundancy is based on a length of service calculation and age. For each year you have worked while you were under 21 years old, you get half a week's pay. For each year between ages 21 and 40, one week's pay. For each year over 40, one and a half week's pay (s.162).
In 2002, the Court of Appeal ruled in a case brought by staff employed at Albion's Farington site in Lancashire, Albion Automotive Ltd w. Walker and others, [1] that a contractual term entitling employees to an enhanced redundancy payment could be implied into the employees' contracts of employment based on the employer's custom and practice.
Compensation mainly consists of a "basic award" equivalent to statutory redundancy pay of, as at 2009, up to £10,500, plus a "compensatory award" for loss of earnings, statutory rights and benefits and for expenses, of up to £66,200, or unlimited where the dismissal was due to health and safety, whistleblowing or union work.
The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44) was a UK Act of Parliament that formed a central part of UK labour law. Its descendant is the Employment Rights Act 1996 . It consolidated two pieces of legislation, the Contracts of Employment Act 1963 and the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 .
Historically, the UK recognised the right to strike at least since 1906. [284] UK tradition has inspired the International Labour Organization Convention 87 (1948) articles 3 and 10, [285] the case law of the European Court of Human Rights under article 11, [286] and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights article 28. However, the scope of the ...
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Severance pay in Luxembourg upon termination of a work contract becomes due after five years' service with a single employer, provided the employee is not entitled to an old-age pension and the termination is due to redundancy, unfair dismissal, or covered in a collective labor agreement. [32]