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Senior manager’s lack of action was serious negligence amounting to gross misconduct

30 January 2017

26 January 2017

BEIS publish most bizarre excuses for underpaying staff the National Minimum Wage

BEIS have revealed ten bizarre excuses used by bosses found to have underpaid workers the National Minimum Wage, including it’s not deserved because the worker...

25 January 2017

Modern Families Index 2017 reveals the risk of a ‘fatherhood penalty’

The Modern Families Index 2017 has revealed the risk of a ‘fatherhood penalty’ where men move into lower paid and lower quality work because they...

24 January 2017

Four of the 12 Brexit objectives in PM’s speech are employment-related

The PM’s speech at Lancaster House on 17 January setting out Britain’s plans for Brexit contained 12 objectives for a new partnership between Britain and...

23 January 2017

Failure to take circumstances of assault into account made dismissal unfair

The EAT hold that the dismissal of an employee for grabbing a colleague was unfair because the employer failed to have regard to all the...

19 January 2017

Acas predict key workplace issues for 2017

Sir Brendan Barber, Chair of Acas, predicts that Brexit, gender pay, gig working, industrial disputes & the Trade Union Act will be key workplace issues...

18 January 2017

Employers pay £83k under tribunal penalty regime

Employers have made payments of more than £83,000 since a new penalty regime for unpaid employment tribunal awards came into force last year....

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Courier in gig economy organisation is a worker not an independent contractor

17 January 2017

16 January 2017

Expired warnings may be considered in assessing reasonableness of dismissal overall

In Stratford v Auto Trail VR Ltd, Stratford (S) had a poor disciplinary record. The last 2 items in the list of 17 prior offences...

12 January 2017

$250,000 awarded to a former employee harassed and stalked by a customer

A jury has awarded $250,000 in compensation to a former employee of Costco who was harassed and stalked by a customer. The US Equal Employment...

11 January 2017

20,000 people diagnosed with cancer each year will face discrimination at work

New research by Macmillan Cancer Support and YouGov reveals that an estimated 20,000 of those who are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK...

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TUC launches an online Racism at Work survey

10 January 2017

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