In this issue Charles Russell takes a look at recent employment-related news and legislation which has come or is coming into force this month including the changes to maternity and adoption rights, the new rates for the national minimum wage and the extension of statutory sick pay to agency workers on short fixed term contracts.

On Immigration the new points-based system for tier 2 comes into force in November with employers who wish to sponsor highly skilled migrants needing to apply now for licences. Charles Russell takes a look at the latest guidance.

Case law focus this month is on restrictive covenants. There have been a number of cases on this topic recently and it seems that the current economic climate is driving employers to take a harder line in seeking to enforce the covenants. The authors take a look at the practical points arising from the Courts' decisions

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