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This the latest Employment Law update from Hannah Dahill, Head of Employment Law at Red Kite solicitors -  Shared parental leave The shared parental leave (SPL) regulations means that anyone who is due to give birth or adopt from 5 April is entitled to split their “maternity leave” with their partner. Except for the immediate 2 weeks that a mother has to take off, the remaining 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of paid statutory leave can be shared between the parents. Unfortunately, the new regulations are infuriatingly complex and there are question marks of the likely take up for fathers. Click here to read more.   Dismissal for offensive, non-work-related personal tweets The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently decided that an employment judge failed to take full account of the public nature of Twitter when finding that an employee's dismissal for posting offensive tweets was unfair. The judge did not properly consider whether the employee's alleged private use ...

Legal eagles Red Kite Law will be staging a free employment law update seminar at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, on July 29. Full details from the Red Kite Law team: When: 4.30 – 6.30pm, 29th July 2014 Where: Parc y Scarlets We are delighted to invite you to our free employment law update seminar. The seminar will be run by our fully qualified Employment Solicitors. It will provide an update of Employment Law for 2014/2015, covering the key topics, and is essential for all business owners, managers and HR officers. The seminar is free and includes a complimentary handout. We will cover: Flexible working: the extension of the right to request flexible to all employees from June 2014 Holiday pay: should overtime and commission be included in holiday pay following recent cases? Shared parental leave: new system for parents to share leave for babies born after 5 April 2015 Managing absence: new assessment and advisory service TUPE: changes to the obligations for small employers Di...

‘The Business Brief’ is the new column from Red Kite Law in the Carmarthen Journal. This week, Employment Law Partner Donna Purchase, puts the spotlight on the latest Employment Law Changes. Anyone in business today needs to keep a ‘head-up’ on the latest changes in Employment Law. Here are a couple of important changes that came into operation in April – Unfair dismissal The main change this April is the introduction of the increased qualifying period for an unfair dismissal claim. From 6 April 2012 an employee must have been continuously employed for at least two years before they are able to bring an unfair dismissal claim. However, this increase will only apply to employees who start work with an employer on or after 6 April 2012. Although this change attempts to redress the balance in favour of employers, some critics fear it may have the opposite effect. This is because some claims, for example discrimination, whistle blowing and health and safety, do not requ...