Sector add-ons

New and updated

• Types of contract: local authority

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets Regulations 2017 are in force from 31 March 2017.

• What is the general public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What are the specific public sector equality duties?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Which employers must comply with the specific public sector equality duties under the Equality Act 2010?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Indirect age discrimination: compulsory retirement of police officers was justified

  Date:

  30 March 2017

  Type:

  Law reports

  The Court of Appeal has held that the decision to reduce officer head count "to the fullest extent" by forcibly retiring police officers with 30 years' service was justified.

• Equal opportunities policies: local authority

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 are in force from 31 March 2017, introducing the gender pay gap reporting duty for public authorities.

• Deductions from wages and attachment of earnings: local authority

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Additional information on the law on deductions from wages and attachment of earnings for local authority employers, including union check-off arrangements. To be read in conjunction with the general information on the law on deductions from wages and attachment of earnings.

• Basic pay and benefits: health (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to take account of NHS Improvement's revised guidance in relation to the treatment of locum, agency and bank staff under the reforms to the intermediaries rules (IR35).

• Consultation on new law to protect whistleblowers when applying for NHS jobs

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on new legislation to protect NHS whistleblowers when applying for NHS roles.

• Reform to the intermediaries legislation (IR35) in the public sector takes effect

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The reform to the off-payroll working rules in the public sector is introduced, shifting the burden for deciding whether or not the rules apply to the public authority.