Fees introduced for Employment tribunal claims
ANY new employment tribunal claims issued after July 29 could now be subject to a fee. There are two types of fees payable: an issue fee (at the time of making the claim and submitting the ET1 form) and a hearing fee (in order to allow a tribunal hearing to be set).
Employment tribunal figures on the rise
THE number of sex discrimination claims taken to tribunals has jumped by 74 per cent in the past year, according to new statistics.
Third-party harassment law to be repealed
The government has announced the third-party harassment law is to be repealed, with effect from the start of October, 2013.
Ask the expert – Returning from maternity leave
ONE of our receptionists is due back from her second period of maternity leave in about three months’ time. I recently met with her to discuss her return to work and give her an update on what had been happening in the practice but she burst out crying.
Don't forget
FROM October 1, the following changes in the rate of the National Minimum Wage take place:
Deanery transfer window opens for trainees
TRAINEE doctors who want to move to another deanery due to unexpected changes in their personal circumstances can do so from next week.
Quarter of five year olds suffer dental decay
OVER a quarter of five year olds in England suffer tooth decay according to new statistics released by Public Health England.
Continued rise in GMC complaints
COMPLAINTS involving doctors’ fitness to practise increased again in 2012 by 18 per cent but the number of panel hearings fell, according to statistics published by the GMC. [News]
GP survey shows bureaucracy up, morale down
BUREAUCRACY and box ticking have increased over the past year said 97 per cent in a recent BMA survey of English GPs.
Proposed language checks extended
THE GMC will be given new powers to check the English language skills of any doctors before being allowed to practise in the UK under new draft proposals unveiled by the Department of Health.