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Author Archives: wonkypolicywonk
Policy in the lurch: parental leave reform
Earlier this week on this blog, I noted the traditional attempts by policy wonks to exploit the commercial confection that is Father’s Day to call for reform of statutory paternity leave, including a new joint report by the think tank … Continue reading
Dad dancing: reform of parental leave
Father’s Day is approaching, so naturally paternity leave is back in the news – or, at least, back in the Independent newspaper – thanks to a “damning” new TUC survey finding that “the low level of statutory paternity pay stops … Continue reading
The incredible shrinking ET backlog
Back in March, I noted on this blog how HM Courts & Tribunal Service had begun to revise its previously published management information on the backlog of Employment Tribunal cases, and how this had started to shrink the size of … Continue reading
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A hollow victory? Enforcement of unpaid ET awards
On a cold, grey day in early 2009, I was summoned to a meeting with officials at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice in Petty France. A few months previously, in response to a series of reports I had … Continue reading
Honey, they’ve shrunk the Employment Tribunal backlog!
So, according to the Minister’s answers to a series of Parliamentary Questions tabled by Angela Rayner, the shiny new Employment Tribunal case management system that HMCTS introduced – presumably at some expense – in March 2021 is unable to generate … Continue reading
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Workers’ rights: are we nearly there yet?
Back in May, as we waited to see whether the Queen’s Speech would include the repeatedly promised Employment Bill, I noted on this blog that the Government had no fewer than 12 outstanding key pledges on workers’ rights, some of … Continue reading
Workers’ rights: Back to the future of December 2019?
So, with the “new era” of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng having lasted all of seven weeks, Rish! Sunak is back in Downing Street. And, shortly before being clapped through the lobby of Number 10 by the waiting officials and … Continue reading
Take-up of statutory paid paternity leave: the Daddy of all bogus statistics
“Only a third of eligible fathers taking paternity leave” (People Management) “Just a third of eligible fathers take paternity leave” (HR News) “Only one in three fathers take paternity leave, research suggests” (Daily Mail) “Just a third of eligible new … Continue reading
Employment Tribunal claims: latest data
Two months ago on this blog, I welcomed the (partial) return of both the quarterly ET statistics and the monthly HMCTS management information on ET receipts and disposals. And last week the latest set of the latter gave us the … Continue reading
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