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FLEXICURITY

FLEXICURITY. A Franco-British Lawyers Society and British Nordic Lawyers Association evening Emmanuelle Ries. Agenda. FLEXIBILITY Hiring Firing SECURITY Job Seekers’ Allowance Back to work programmes. Flexibility: Hiring. Indefinite Term Contract Probationary period Notice periods

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FLEXICURITY

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  1. FLEXICURITY A Franco-British Lawyers Society and British Nordic Lawyers Association evening Emmanuelle Ries europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  2. Agenda • FLEXIBILITY • Hiring • Firing • SECURITY • Job Seekers’ Allowance • Back to work programmes europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  3. 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 europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  4. Flexibility: Hiring • Fixed Term Contract • Strict fixed term • Terminable on notice • Rolling fixed term europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  5. Flexibility: firing • Less than one year employment • No claim for unfair/constructive dismissal • Contractual rights europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  6. Flexibility: firing • Over one year employment • Statutory disciplinary and dismissal procedures; and • Contractual rights europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  7. Flexibility: firing • Redundancy • Redundancy consultation • Collective redundancy consultation europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  8. Flexibility: firing • Redundancy payments • SRP only if over two years employment. • 1 week pay capped at £330 for calculating SRP – max £9.900 europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  9. 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. europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  10. Flexibility: firing • Discrimination legislation • Applies before, during and after the employment relationship • No limits on compensatory award europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  11. 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 europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  12. Security: JSA • Length • JSA is paid for 182 days europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  13. Security: JSA • Conditions • Availability for work • Actively seeking employment • Meeting every 2 weeks europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  14. Security: Back to work programmes • “New deals for skills” • Job Centre Plus programmes europeanbusinesslawyers.com

  15. 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 europeanbusinesslawyers.com

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