Fri, 24 May 2013
How’s your Employment Law know-how?

Facilitated by law firm Bird & Bird, a recent meeting of London HR Connection included an employment law quiz. Thanks to both for allowing us to use it here.

Test yourself on the second part of the quiz of HR and recruitment-based legalities. We’ll offer another round next Friday. Good luck!

Note: Don’t scroll too far down the page too quickly - the answers are at the bottom of this page!

ROUND 2 – The Numbers Round

1. In the UK, how many Bank Holidays are there in a normal year?
2. What is the maximum that can be awarded by the Employment Tribunal for breach of contract?
3. What is the maximum number of weeks unpaid parental leave that a parent can take per child?
4. What was the average compensation awarded by the Tribunals in a disability discrimination case in 2011/2012?
5. What is the maximum number of years that can be taken into account in a statutory redundancy calculation?
6. To the nearest pound, what is the national hourly minimum wage?
7. How many PAID pre-adoption appointments may an adoptive parent take under the Children and Families Bill proposals published earlier this year?
8. What is the maximum total number of weeks’ paternity leave that an employee can take?
9. What is the maximum number of weeks’ that a statutory notice period can be?
10. In what percentage of successful unfair dismissal claims did the Employment Tribunal make no award in 2011/2012?

Answers

1. Eight
2. £25k
3. 18 (up from 13 on 6 April 2013)
4. £22,183
5. 20
6. Six
7. Five (also two unpaid appointments for partners of pregnant mothers)
8. 28
9. 12
10. 23