Legal articles
16-01-10
Default retirement age consultation
Practice group: Employment law
In its recent decision rejecting the charity Age UK’s challenge to the default retirement age of 65 – introduced in 2006 by the...
15-01-10
Annual increase in tribunal awards
Practice group: Employment law
The Employment Rights (Revision of Limits) Order 2009, which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation...
14-01-10
Sickness and holiday leave
Practice group: Employment law
The EU Working Time Directive lays down minimum health and safety requirements for the organisation of working time. The purpose of the...
13-01-10
Workplace car parks | Transient hazardous conditions
Practice group: Employment law
The Health and Safety Executive recently reported that nearly 11,000 workers suffered serious injury as a result of a slip or trip at the...
12-01-10
Job applicants and criminal records
Practice group: Employment law
A recent ruling of the Court of Appeal means that employers will be able to access information on old minor convictions when carrying out...
11-01-10
Preventing illegal working - Keep a copy!
Practice group: Employment law
The publicity surrounding the imposition of a fine of £5,000 on Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, for a breach of immigration law...
10-01-10
Disability discrimination by association - Complying with EU Law
Practice group: Employment law
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has handed down a far-reaching judgment in the long-running case of Coleman v Attridge Law, which...
09-01-10
Damages for wrongful dismissal
Practice group: Employment law
When an employee brings a claim for unfair dismissal to the Employment Tribunal (ET), there is a statutory cap on the amount of...
08-01-10
Racial discrimination in recruitment
Practice group: Employment law
The results of an experiment by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to test racial discrimination in recruitment practice are a...
07-01-10
Time off work for civic duties
Practice group: Employment law
The Government has issued its response to the consultation document 'Standing for Office: Time-Off Entitlements', published in September...
06-01-10
Fines for breaches of the Data Protection principles | Coming soon
Practice group: Technology & IP legal services
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 provides the power to impose civil monetary penalties for serious breaches of one or more of...
05-01-10
Can you justify your service-related pay scheme?
Practice group: Employment law
The Court of Appeal has ruled (Wilson v Health and Safety Executive) on the correct approach to objective justification in equal pay claims...
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