Weekly issue 78

News in brief

The Government has announced that it will amend the law so that tips can no longer count towards payment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW).

Legal Liabilities

In the event of a transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), the new owner acquires all the liabilities of the old owner. In Perry’s Motor Sales Ltd and Perry’s (Burnley) Ltd v Lindley (IDS 856), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) said that could include liabilities that “crystallised” on the transfer

Notes on Race

The 1976 Race Relations Act says that it is discriminatory to victimise someone for bringing proceedings under the Act