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£5 million to support people returning to work after long breaks

28 March 2017

27 March 2017

Long-term ill health dismissal disproportionate and unreasonable

The Court of Appeal holds that an employer's decision not to wait ‘a little longer’ before dismissing an employee on long-term sickness absence amounted to...

23 March 2017

Number of workers on a zero-hours contract hits record high of 910,000

Resolution Foundation research has found that the number of people on a zero-hours contract hit a record high of 910,000 in the last three months...

22 March 2017

ONS data shows sickness levels at record low

The latest ONS ‘Sickness absence in the labour market 2016’ analysis shows that an estimated 137.3m working days were lost due to sickness or injury...

21 March 2017

Employment tribunal claims for last quarter of 2016 up 3%

The Ministry of Justice have published the tribunal statistics for October to December 2016 which show that 4,355 single claims were received, up 3% from...

20 March 2017

ECJ rules in headscarf ban cases

ECJ rules in headscarf ban cases: Achbita - no direct discrimination where rule prohibits wearing of any religious sign; Bougnaoui - a ban cannot be...

16 March 2017

DWP guidance on strengthening the workforce with talent from disadvantaged groups

The DWP have launched an employer toolkit designed to help businesses recruit and retain people from disadvantaged groups including the long-term unemployed, ex-offenders and single...

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New discount rate for personal injury claims

15 March 2017

14 March 2017

Former NHS manager jailed for lying about his qualifications

A senior NHS manager who lied about his qualifications in order to gain jobs in the health sector has been given a two-year prison sentence...

13 March 2017

Part-time worker’s redundancy tainted by detriment and discrimination

The EAT holds that a part-time employee who was made redundant as she could not work in a role beyond 5.00pm was unfairly dismissed, subjected...

10 March 2017

Government aims to digitise the whole tribunal claims process

The Government has published its response to the consultation on Reforming the Employment Tribunal System which confirms that it aims to digitise the whole claims...

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Updated Codes published to accompany new industrial action provisions

9 March 2017

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