Weekly Issue 358

Review of low pay

An interim report into the future of the national minimum wage has found that the policy is falling short in many respects and will need to be reformed if it is to repeat the successes of its first 15 years.

Working indefinitely

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 were introduced to protect agency workers who worked “temporarily” for a hirer.

Not serious enough

It is not often that courts intervene to decide that an employer cannot invite an employee to a disciplinary hearing at which she could be dismissed.