Weekly issue 162

News in brief

As of 6 April, the ET1 form (which must be used for lodging tribunal claims) changed

Bonus schemes

Under the 1970 Equal Pay Act, employers can defend an equal pay claim if they can show that the difference in pay was due to a genuine material factor and was not “tainted” by sex

Dynamic transfers

Although the purpose of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) is to safeguard the terms and conditions of employees after a relevant transfer, the Court of Appeal has said in Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron that they do not apply to collective pay agreements negotiated post transfer to which the transferee was not a party