UK Law

Category: Employment law

  • Immigration

    A politically charged subject in Britain -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Immigration”- since the 1960s. In the years immediately after World War II, when the country had need of cheap labour, immigration from within the Commonwealth was made easy. The new […]

  • Unemployment Assistance Board

    Unemployment Assistance Board (Uab) History Set up by the 1934 Unemployment Act, as a result of the Royal Commission on Unemployment 1930-32, to implement the household means test. The means test took the wages and assets of all family members were into account before any unemployment […]

  • Regional Employment Premiums

    Regional Employment Premiums History Introduced in 1967 as a labour subsidy. Initially 30 shillings per adult male per week – less for women and young people – to encourage firms to open manufacturing plants in Development Areas. It was doubled in 1974, then abolished due to policy changes in 1977.

  • Regional Employment Premiums

    Regional Employment Premiums History Introduced in 1967 as a labour subsidy. Initially 30 shillings per adult male per week – less for women and young people – to encourage firms to open manufacturing plants in Development Areas. It was doubled in 1974, then abolished due to policy changes in 1977.

  • Deductions

    Definition of Deductions Deduction (from Lat. deducere, to take or lead from or out of, derive), a term used in common parlance for the process of taking away from, or subtracting (as in mathematics), and specially for the argumentative process of arriving at a conclusion from evidence, i.e. […]

  • Poor Law

    Poor Law History Safety-net provision for the poor, based on the 1834 Poor Law Act and linking help to the workhouses. Gradually dismantled with the Liberal introduction of Old Age Pensions in 1909 and National Insurance in 1911, it remained a source of fear for many poor people until it was […]

  • Contract of Employment

    Definition of Contract of Employment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contract of Employment : (contract of service) A contract by which a person agrees to undertake certain duties under the direction and control of the employer in return for a […]

  • Employment Appeal Tribunal

    Definition of Employment Appeal Tribunal In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Employment Appeal Tribunal : (EAT) A statutory body established to hear appeals from *employment tribunals. The EAT consists of a High Court judge as chairman and two or four lay […]

  • Contract of Employment

    Definition of Contract of Employment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contract of Employment : (contract of service) A contract by which a person agrees to undertake certain duties under the direction and control of the employer in return for a […]

  • Pensions

    Resources See Also Further Reading Pensions in the Encyclopedia of Britain Pensions in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Pensions in the Halsbury's Laws of England Pensions in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Pensions in the Jowitt's Dictionary of […]

  • Course of Employment

    Definition of Course of Employment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Course of Employment : The scope of the work a person is employed to do. An employer may be held responsible under the principle of *vicarious liability for his employee's wrongful […]

  • Employment

    Resources See Also Further Reading Employment in the Encyclopedia of Britain Employment in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Employment in the Halsbury's Laws of England Employment in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Employment in the Jowitt's Dictionary […]

  • Continuous Employment

    Definition of Continuous Employment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Continuous Employment : The period for which a person's employment in the same business has subsisted. Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, employees have the right to claim […]

  • Employment Schemes

    Resources See Also Further Reading Employment Schemes in the Encyclopedia of Britain Employment Schemes in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Employment Schemes in the Halsbury's Laws of England Employment Schemes in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases […]

  • UK Milestone Cases

    List of UK Milestone Cases Tort Law Milestone Cases Tax Law Milestone Cases Property Law Milestone Cases Northern Ireland Legal System Milestone Cases Northern Ireland Land Law Milestone Cases Immigration and Asylum Law Milestone Cases Human Rights (ECHR) Milestone Cases Family Law […]