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Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations in force

14 January 2016

Monitoring private communications in a business account did not breach human rights

In Barbulescu v Romania, Barbulescu set up a Yahoo Messenger account for professional use, i.e. communicating with clients on behalf of his employer....

8 January 2016

Acas report identifies workplace trends to look out for in 2016

Acas, have published a new report identifying key trends that will have an impact on workplace relations in 2016 along with advice that can help...

8 January 2016

TUC publish guide to help end discrimination against disabled workers with non-visible impairments

The TUC has issued guidance to help workplace representatives support disabled union members with non-visible impairments....

8 January 2016

President of the EAT rules that injury to feelings awards should be uplifted by 10%

In 2012, the Court of Appeal (CA) in Simmons v Castle held that with effect from 1 April 2013, the proper level of general damages...

8 January 2016

Instruction to not speak Russian was not direct discrimination or harassment

In Kelly v Covance Laboratories Ltd, the employer operates a testing laboratory, part of which involves the use of animals for testing products....

8 January 2016

Legal Updates 2016

Guidance for employers on recruiting and retaining transgender employees

8 January 2016

Zero-hours contract employees as happy as permanent, full-time employees

A new CIPD policy report, ‘Zero-hours and short-hours contracts in the UK: employer and employee perspectives’, suggests that, on average, zero-hours contract(ZHC) employees experience similar...

8 January 2016

Sickness absence trigger points subject to duty to make reasonable adjustments

In Griffiths v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following a 66-day absence from work, 62 of which were due to an illness arising...

8 January 2016

Tribunal quarterly statistics published for July to September 2015

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have published the tribunal quarterly statistics for the period July to September 2015...

Government advises employers to prepare early for new National Living Wage

8 January 2016

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Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations in force

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