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Paying temporarily authorised judges
Judges in devolved tribunals have different terms of appointment than those in the reserved system who have “higher daily fees and salaries, pensions for legal members and occupational holiday and sick pay.”1Scottish Parliament. (2020, April 28).
Although I see advantages in going down that route, we should do so very carefully and think it through, so that the ombudsman would not be responsible, for example, for the financial consequences of any direction that would be given.If I was to find that my recommendations were constantly being challenged—which they are not—I might come to Parliament at some future date and argue that we need to do something to strengthen that power.
There is then a very quick process of getting a day in court. The dates are assigned through a commonsense process so that, within a reasonable amount of time after someone loses their job, they get their day in court.
I can give more background on this issue at a later date, if it is needed, but, essentially, we have an agreement with the UKBA that there will be a Scottish section on its website.
Having looked into the history a wee bit, I note that the TA was formed way back in 1908, when the voluntary army was combined with parts of the yeomanry and militia, which date back to the Napoleonic wars. The TA was first mobilised to fight in the first world war, serving alongside the regulars.
There were some unfortunate events in Boston involving tea, and 1776 was a date that George III never forgot or, some might say, ever got over, so who knows which states may queue up to join us in the future?
Although I do not underestimate the difficulty of gathering evidence and establishing proof in cases that date from before September 1964, that date seems arbitrary.
Very few employers reach it, whether they be Government departments or other employers. If, to date, we have failed completely to convince employers to do that, how will we convince them to go further and to employ people at home?