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Spies urged to ‘come out’

1 September 2008

1 September 2008

Retirement on day before 65th birthday is discriminatory

Retirement on day before 65th birthday is discriminatory In Plewes v Adams Pork Produce Limited, a tribunal held that an employer could not rely on...

1 September 2008

Investigation into sexual harassment in armed forces ends

Investigation into sexual harassment in armed forces ends The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)has informed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that it has completed...

1 September 2008

£20,000 for racially abused English pipe fitter

€20,000 for racially abused English pipe fitter An English pipe fitter who was verbally and racially abused while working for an engineering company has been...

1 September 2008

Government consults on flexible working

Government consults on flexible working The Government is exploring ways to make dealing with flexible working requests easier for businesses, as part of a consultation...

1 September 2008

Gay man awarded £37,000 for grotesquely discriminatory conduct

Gay man awarded £37,000 for grotesquely discriminatory conduct A gay man who suffered what an employment tribunal described as “grotesquely discriminatory conduct” from the Presbyterian...

28 July 2008

Unreasonable delay in procedures means automatically unfair dismissal

Unreasonable delay in procedures means automatically unfair dismissal In Yorkshire Housing Ltd v Swanson (UKEAT/0057/07), the EAT has confirmed that an unreasonable delay of five...

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Mediation, a practice still underutilised in workplace conflict resolution

28 July 2008

28 July 2008

Draft Apprenticeships Bill published

Draft Apprenticeships Bill published The Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills has published a draft Apprenticeships Bill. The Bill includes the power to prescribe model...

28 July 2008

Agency workers on short-term contracts to get SSP

Agency workers on short-term contracts to get SSP Agency workers with contracts lasting three months or less are to gain entitlement to Statutory Sick...

28 July 2008

New code of practice on whistleblowing issued

New code of practice on whistleblowing issued Public Concern at Work, the independent authority on public interest whistleblowing, has produced a new code of practice,...

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Average cost of absence has increased to £666 per employee per year

28 July 2008

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