Transcript Flexicurity PowerPoint by Emmanuelle Ries, Solicitor Miller

FLEXICURITY
A Franco-British Lawyers Society and British Nordic Lawyers Association evening
Emmanuelle Ries
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Agenda
 FLEXIBILITY
Hiring
Firing
 SECURITY
Job Seekers’ Allowance
Back to work programmes
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Flexibility: Hiring
 Indefinite Term Contract
• Probationary period
• Notice periods
– Contractual notice period
– Statutory notice period – 1 week for
every complete year of service up to a
maximum of 12 weeks
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Flexibility: Hiring
 Fixed Term Contract
• Strict fixed term
• Terminable on notice
• Rolling fixed term
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Flexibility: firing
 Less than one year employment
• No claim for unfair/constructive dismissal
• Contractual rights
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Flexibility: firing
 Over one year employment
• Statutory disciplinary and dismissal
procedures; and
• Contractual rights
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Flexibility: firing
 Redundancy
• Redundancy consultation
• Collective redundancy consultation
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Flexibility: firing
 Redundancy payments
• SRP only if over two years employment.
• 1 week pay capped at £330 for calculating
SRP – max £9.900
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Flexibility: firing
• SRP calculation
• 1 week pay for every year of employment
between ages of 22 and 41 (incl).
• half a week pay for ages under 22.
• and 1.5 weeks for ages above 41.
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Flexibility: firing
 Discrimination legislation
• Applies before, during and after the
employment relationship
• No limits on compensatory award
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Security: JSA
 Rates
• Personal Allowance:
− Under 18: £35.65
− 18-24: £46.85
− 25 or over: £59.15
• Couple: between £36.65 and £92.80
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Security: JSA
 Length
• JSA is paid for 182 days
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Security: JSA
 Conditions
• Availability for work
• Actively seeking employment
• Meeting every 2 weeks
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Security: Back to work programmes
 “New deals for skills”
 Job Centre Plus programmes
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Security: Back to work programmes
 Public expenditure on labour market policy
measures (2005 Eurostat)
• UK: 0.3% of GDP
• France: 2.3% of GDP
• Denmark: 4% of GDP
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