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Being dismissed for sending emails criticising management was a breach of freedom of expression

8 January 2016

8 January 2016

2015 Top 100 Employers for LGB staff published by Stonewall

Stonewall has published its Top 100 Employers 2015, showcasing Britain's best employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff....

8 January 2016

Cabinet Office guidance on settlement agreements in the civil service

The Cabinet Office has published Cabinet Office Guidance on Settlement Agreements, Special Severance Payments and Confidentiality Clauses on Termination of Employment....

8 January 2016

BIS consults on amendments to tribunal rules on postponements

BIS has started a consultationon Amendments to Employment Tribunal Postponement Procedures...

8 January 2016

First referrals for Fit for Work service

Workplace Savings and Benefits have reported that 20 GPs in Sheffield are the first in the country to be able to refer patients to the...

8 January 2016

Reasonable adjustment duty not applicable while employee unfit to return to work

In Doran v Department for Work and Pensions Doran started a period of sickness due to stress on 12 January 2010...

18 December 2015

Acas provide guidance on how to handle reluctant witnesses in investigations

Acas highlight that establishing the facts around an incident at work will often rely on witnesses giving statements about what has happened....

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Government advises employers to prepare early for new National Living Wage

18 December 2015

18 December 2015

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...

18 December 2015

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...

10 December 2015

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...

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Guidance for employers on recruiting and retaining transgender employees

10 December 2015

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