Weekly Issue 377

Pay gap increases with age

Figures released last week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the wage gap between men and women increases dramatically between the ages of 30 and 50.

Fact sensitive

Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA), employees bringing a constructive unfair dismissal claim can give notice without being deemed to have affirmed their contract.

Holiday sales

Article 7 of the Working Time Directive (which provides for paid annual leave) does not stipulate what that pay should include, nor how it should be calculated.