What's New and Employment Law Updates
What's new?
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Recent legislative changes: |
| The Civil Partnership Act 2011 (CPA)The Act has changed certain aspects of employment law. Rights accorded to persons who are married are now accorded to persons in a civil partnership. The rights in question relate to the Control of Employment Act 1975; the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000; and the Employment Act 2006. | 6th April 2011 | See Employment Law Update No. 32. |
Forthcoming legislative changes with implementation date: |
| The Minimum Wage (Single Hourly Rate) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 These Regulations, which were approved by Tynwald on 18th October 2011, increased the single hourly rate of the minimum wage from £6.10 to £6.20 for a worker aged 18 or over in respect of any pay reference period beginning on or after 1st November 2011. | 1st November 2011 | See here for further information. |
Forthcoming legislative changes with no fixed date: |
| Control of Employment Bill and Regulations The Department plans to bring forward a new Control of Employment Bill and Regulations which will replace the existing legislation. | 2011/12 legislative session | The Department consulted on proposals for new legislation earlier this year. For further details click here. |
| Equality Bill The Department is presently working on a Bill which will deal with discrimination comprehensively on the grounds of race; religion; sexual orientation; age; disability; and gender reassignment. | | Further information will be published about this Bill shortly. |
Other items of interest: |
| A Guide to Work Permits Revised edition of the DED guide to work permits | November 2011 | To download the Guide click here. |
| Isle of Man Employment Rights – a SummaryThis new guide provides a summary of employment rights in the Isle of Man. | March 2011 | To download the Guide click here. |
Employment Law Updates
Recent updates are available below. If you would like to receive updates please email emplaw@gov.im with your details
Updated September 2011.
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 Issue 25 - May 2009 Employment Law Update
(250 kb) | | Format:Acrobat PDF File | | Increase in awards that may be made by Tribunal and in redundancy calculations. Employment Tribunal rules - new rules in force. Reminder employment of young people. |
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