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New ‘protected settlement offers’ measures

10 July 2012

27 June 2012

Steps to identify strike ballot constituency were reasonable

S.227(1) of Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 states that “Entitlement to vote in the [industrial action] ballot must be accorded equally to...

27 June 2012

Dismissal was not because of being married

Mrs Hawkins was married to the chief executive of Atex and became employed by the company as its corporate marketing director....

29 May 2012

Holiday pay in lieu only applies to 4 weeks’ minimum

In Neidel v Stadt Frankfurt am Main the ECJ held that where national law provides workers with statutory annual leave in excess of the four...

29 May 2012

Acas publishes guide on challenging conversations

Acas has published a guide on challenging conversations and how to handle them...

29 May 2012

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill laid before Parliament

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has received its First Reading in the House of Commons...

21 May 2012

“Context is everything” in determining discrimination

In Warby v Wunda Group plc the EAT held that in deciding whether the words used in a discussion constitute...

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Discrimination arose from lecturer’s disability

21 May 2012

21 May 2012

False accusations amounted to harassment

Jones v TGI Fridays UK Ltd and Zurybida is an interesting case as it shows a further form of prejudice that regrettably can take place...

21 May 2012

UK agrees to Human Rights reform

UK Government has agreed to a number of reforms to the Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights...

21 May 2012

CIPD research supports extension of flexible working

As the Queen’s Speech confirms the Government’s intention to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service,...

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Reality gap in capability of UK plc’s managers

10 May 2012

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