Job laws to protect workers’ earnings

Thursday 26th April 2007, 12:00AM BST.

WORKERS’ earnings and conditions of employment will be protected if the company they work for is taken over or sold in future.

And mandatory redundancy pay will also become a reality soon in a number of changes announced today by the Social Security Minister. Another new rule change will force employers to pay extra compensation if the Employment Tribunal finds that an employee should be allowed to return to work but the employer refuses to have him of her back. But it is not all good news for staff, as employees who contribute to their own unfair dismissal will have compensation levels reduced by the Employment Tribunal.

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