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Gerrards Cross with a proven reputation for representing clients effectively.

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Employment law articles

20-11-11
Preparation is key to tribunal success
In 2010, there were more than 236,000 employment tribunal claims with an average award for successful complainants of nearly £9,000. For...

06-10-11
Temps have new employment law rights from 1 October
Businesses are preparing for important and potentially costly new employment law rights for agency workers from 1 October, to reduce the...

05-10-11
Equal pay claims for separate elements
Employers paying female employees a lower hourly rate than male comparators for one element of their work risk an equal pay claim, even if...

04-10-11
Statutory obligations must be carried out in good faith
A case concerning an employer's duty to consider a request from an employee who wished to work beyond the statutory retirement age of 65...

03-10-11
EHRC proposes 'reasonable accommodation' for religion or belief
In July, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced that it had applied to intervene in four cases due to be heard by the...

02-10-11
Failing to prevent bribery | Are you at risk?
The Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011. It created a new offence which can be committed by a commercial organisation if it...

01-10-11
Proposed amendments to the Working Time Regulations
As reported previously, the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) as they currently stand are not in accord with recent decisions of the...

30-09-11
Joint awards in discrimination claims
Employees may start claiming against fellow workers, as well as their employer, in discrimination claims, following a recent legal decision...

29-09-11
Employers able to use cost as justification for discrimination
Costs considerations can be enough to 'objectively justify' what would otherwise be unlawful indirect discrimination against an employee,...

27-09-11
Time called on inconsistent policy
An employer whose 'time off' policy was inconsistent with an employee's right to time off for childcare has lost a claim for unfair...

26-09-11
Restrictions on ex-employees must be realistic
A restriction in an ex-employee's contract stopping him from setting up in competition within five miles of his old employer's branch...

07-09-11
Call for action to close the gender pay gap
Buckinghamshire lawyer and employment expert James Townsend has called on the Government to do more to help close the pay gap between men...


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