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Morrisons vicariously liable for former employee’s actions in disclosing personal data of 5,000 employees

30 October 2018

29 October 2018

Directors personally liable for whistleblowing dismissal and £2m compensation

S. 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 makes an individual worker liable for subjecting a colleague to a detriment for whistleblowing, as well the...

25 October 2018

Home workers feel pressure to demonstrate they are actually working

46% of the 500 UK employees surveyed feel under pressure to demonstrate they are actually working while working from home....

24 October 2018

Heathrow Airport Limited fined £120,000 for serious failings in its data protection practices

Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 for failing to ensure that the personal data held on its network was properly secured....

23 October 2018

BEIS opens consultation on ethnicity pay reporting

A consultation has been launched on ethnicity pay which will enable employers to creating a diverse workforce....

22 October 2018

Employer liable for assault at impromptu drinking session after Xmas party had ended

After the firm’s Christmas party, some staff went to a hotel and were drinking alcohol, including M, the MD, and B a sales manager....

18 October 2018

Young women being let down in workplace, despite #MeToo and gender pay reporting

Despite the #MeToo movement and reforms including gender pay gap reporting, millions of women continue to lose out in the workplace....

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CIPD and Mind launch guidance for managers to support mental health at work

17 October 2018

16 October 2018

New legislation on tips and support for carers and parents

The Government has announced a new legislation, which will set out that tips must go in full to the workers providing the service....

15 October 2018

Not discriminatory to refuse to provide a cake with a message supportive of gay marriage

Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd refused to bake a cake for Lee, a gay man, with an iced message ‘Support Gay Marriage’....

11 October 2018

Centre for Ageing Better call for employers to do more for older workers

The Centre for Ageing Better has published a report setting out steps for employers to create a more supportive, age-positive culture....

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MoJ publish tables showing maximum and average ET awards 2017/8

10 October 2018

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