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Employee awarded £18,000 after harassment from male colleague

19 August 2016

19 August 2016

PC awarded £27k for racial discrimination after allegations of racism not investigated

KentOnline report that a police officer has been awarded more than £27,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal after he was subjected to racial discrimination...

12 August 2016

170,000 working days lost to labour disputes in 2015

Latest ONS figures show that the number of working days lost due to labour disputes in 2015 was 170,000 compared with 788,000 in 2014....

12 August 2016

Security of earned income as important as the level of the income itself

Citizens Advice (CA) have published the results of its research into income insecurity at work – jobs where weekly variations in hours or pay make...

12 August 2016

Acas annual report shows strong demand for workplace expertise and advice

Acas has published its 2015/16 Annual Report, which shows a strong demand for its services, including receiving over 92,000 early conciliation notifications and answering nearly...

12 August 2016

Public concern at work releases five-year review of whistleblowing

Public Concern at Work (PCaW), have released a review of the charity’s activities looking back over the past five years. The review, ‘Whistleblowing: Time for...

12 August 2016

EAT gives green light for increase to injury to feelings awards

Guidelines for awarding compensation for injury to feelings were originally set out by the Court of Appeal in Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire...

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HSE figures confirm that 144 workers were fatally injured in 2015/16

5 August 2016

5 August 2016

One in three people have experienced mental health issues while in employment

New CIPD research has found that employers are taking a reactive approach to employees’ mental health issues, when preventative steps make better business sense. According...

5 August 2016

Acas publish comment paper on informal conflict resolution

An Acas comment paper argues that managers tend not to use informal methods to manage individual conflict because they do not feel totally certain they...

5 August 2016

DWP figures show that there are now 9.4m people aged 50 to 74 in work

New figures published by the DWP show that there are now 9.4m people aged 50 to 74 in work, which is 3.7m more than there...

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Revoking dismissal at appeal revived the employment contract

5 August 2016

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