What's New?
Recent and forthcoming legislative changes | ||
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Change | Implementation Date | Further Information |
Annual Leave (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 |
24 July 2020 |
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Draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay 2020 The Cabinet Office is consulting on a draft code of code of practice on equal pay. This will be the second statutory code of practice to be issued under the Equality Act 2017. |
The consultation runs from 19 – 30 July. |
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Annual Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2020 The Regulations have 2 main effects – 1. Unused leave may be carried forward but must be taken in the two leave years immediately following the leave year in respect of which it arose. 2. Where employment terminates and the worker still has unused leave the employer must make a payment in lieu of such leave. |
7 June 2020 |
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Flexible Working Regulations 2020
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1 June 2020 |
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Emergency Powers (Coronavirus) (Control of Employment) Regulations 2020 These Regulations, made under the Emergency Powers Act 1936, apply to employment undertaken from 27 February to the end of the Proclamation of a state of emergency. The Regulations -
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3 April 2020 |
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Employment and Equality Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2019 The Employment and Equality Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2019 have amended the Employment and Equality Tribunal Rules 2018 to include the procedure for dealing with any equal value claims under the Equality Act 2017. |
1 January 2020 |
Consolidated Employment and Equality Tribunal Rules and accompanying Explanatory Notes to the Rules |
Equality Act 2017 implementation. The protected characteristics of age and disability came into operation on 1 January 2020 together with the extension of equal pay rights to cover work of equal value |
1 January 2020 |
See section 10 of Isle of Man Employment Rights: a Guide |
Equality Act secondary legislation and guidance.
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January 2020 |
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Changes made by the Equality Act 2017 to general employment law.
Some of the amendments are related to the main equality provisions while others are not. For further information see the accompanying paper 'Amendments to general employment law made by the Equality Act 2017'. |
July 2017 to January 2020 |
Amendments to general employment law made by the Equality Act 2017 |
Increases to minimum wage rates. Category of Worker
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1 October 2019 |
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Employment and Equality Tribunal Rules 2018. Permissible complaints under the Equality Act comprise not only complaints about employment but also complaints about the provision of goods and services, premises, education etc. To this end new Tribunal Rules have been made which came operation on 1 January 2019. |
1 January 2019 |
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New or revised guides | ||
Guide | Publication date | |
Maternity Rights: a Guide | July 2022 | |
Isle of Man Employment Rights: a Guide | August 2020 | |
Holidays and Holiday Pay | July 2020 | |
Isle of Man Employment Rights: a Summary | July 2020 |