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New Acas advice on sexual harassment at work

28 November 2017

27 November 2017

Employee’s colour blindness did not come within definition of disability

An ET finds that an employee’s colour blindness did not come within the definition of disability because his coping strategies mean there are no substantial...

23 November 2017

CBI call on business leaders to help stamp out sexual harassment

In a call to business leaders, the CBI's Director-General, Carolyn Fairbairn, says sexual harassment in all forms is unacceptable and committed leadership is needed to...

22 November 2017

1 in 20 mothers made redundant during pregnancy, maternity leave or on return to work

Maternity Action has released a report revealing that one in every twenty mothers are made redundant during pregnancy, maternity leave or on return to work....

21 November 2017

Deliveroo riders are not workers as they do not do not have to perform work personally

The CAC finds that Deliveroo Riders do not undertake to do any work or services personally for another party which was “fatal” to the IWGB...

20 November 2017

Failure to provide all ‘right to work’ documents did not justify dismissal

A Jamaican national’s failure to provide all the documents required to prove his right to work in the UK did not justify dismissing him for...

16 November 2017

TUC analysis shows a 9% increase in night working in the past five years

The number of people regularly working nights has increased by 260,000 in the past five years, a 9% increase, according to new analysis from the...

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Acas launches new stress at work guidance

15 November 2017

14 November 2017

Non-reappointment was because of misconduct not religious belief

The removal of a Christian as a Trust non-executive director was because he failed to inform the Trust he would be appearing in the media...

13 November 2017

Travel between home and work may be working time but not automatically paid time

The EAT hold that while travel between home and work, and vice-versa, might be working time it did not automatically follow that employees should be...

9 November 2017

Working carers hide caring duties from employers

A study from Aviva has revealed that almost a million UK workers could be secretly juggling carer responsibilities with their jobs, because they are nervous...

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ONS stats show gender pay gap increase to 18.4%

8 November 2017

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