Weekly issue 57

News in brief

Nearly one million low paid workers will be marginally better off from 1 October 2008 when the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate goes up from £5.52 to £5.73.

Mobile home

The law specifies the circumstances in which employers can make employees redundant.

Moves abroad

The 2006 Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations protect the rights of employees when a business is transferred within the UK. But what about cross-border sales?