Employment law manual updates: 1 October 2015 changes

The Employment law manual has been updated to take into account changes to the law coming into force on 1 October 2015.

• Religion or belief discrimination: The exemption from the requirement to wear a safety helmet that applies to turban-wearing Sikhs, and the associated protection against unlawful indirect discrimination, have been extended.
• Discrimination remedies and penalties: Employment tribunals' powers to make wider recommendations are repealed.
• National minimum wage: New rates of the national minimum wage come into force.
• Pensions: Short-service refunds are abolished in relation to certain occupational pension schemes.