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New HSE figures show 23.5 million days were lost in 2013/14 due to work-related ill health

24 November 2014

24 November 2014

Town halls to come clean on taxpayer funded union work

Town halls will have to come clean on how much they spend subsidising staff working on union business rather than frontline services, after new rules...

24 November 2014

Hirer liable for £10,000 underpayment of agency worker who had completed 12-weeks in the role

Cases involving a breach of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) are rare, but the tribunal’s decision in Stevens v Northolt High School ET/3300621/2014 shows...

24 November 2014

Tribunal erred in taking its own internet research into account in determining disability

The internet can be a valuable source of knowledge acquisition, but the dangers of relying on medical information obtained by surfing the Web, without taking...

14 November 2014

Annual whistleblowing report published by Public Concern at Work

Public Concern at Work (PCAW) has published its whistleblowing report for 2013....

14 November 2014

£2 million fund to help close gender pay gap announced by Government

The Government’s Equalities Office has announced that a £2 million fund has been put in place to address concerns that there are still significant pay...

14 November 2014

Flexible working father wins sex discrimination case

The Daily Telegraph has reported that a male manager, Erik Pietzka, who asked to work part-time so he could look after his daughter, has won...

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Employers could find ways to avoid a ban on exclusivity clauses says Acas

14 November 2014

14 November 2014

One-off remark about Polish accent did not amount to harassment

Under S.26(1) of the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) harassment occurs where there is unwanted conduct related to a protected characteristic which has the purpose...

7 November 2014

Government response to consultation: Public sector exit payments

The Government has published its response to the consultation on proposals for recovering exit payments from employees earning over £100,000 per annum who leave the...

7 November 2014

Sports Direct will avoid tribunal proceedings by rewriting zero-hours contracts

The Lawyer has reported that Sports Direct has agreed to rewrite contracts relating to zero-hours staff as part of an out-of-court settlement...

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Woolworths and Ethel Austin case hearing has been set an early date

7 November 2014

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