Employment law articles
Practice group: Employment law
24-06-10
Budget Summary 2010 | How it will affect your business
Summary of changes affecting business clients
During the election campaign, George Osborne nailed his colours firmly to the mast of a...
02-06-10
Blacklists banned | Data Protection Act 1998
Last year, a man who sold information from a database to construction companies wishing to vet potential staff was found guilty of a...
01-06-10
Hair length and dress codes
If you are formulating a dress code for employees, it is important not to treat one sex less favourably, if you are to avoid leaving...
28-05-10
Workplace blues | Fit note regime
Changes to the rules governing sick notes for staff came into effect from 6 April. Here James Townsend, partner at B P Collins, reviews...
12-04-10
Full statutory holiday entitlement not employers responsibility
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a worker's right to statutory paid annual leave, under the Working Time Regulations...
11-04-10
Compromise Agreements | Claims of Misrepresentation
As a general rule, out of court settlements of employment disputes are not legally binding in that they cannot exclude an employee's...
10-04-10
Workplace bullying | Employers must be vigilant to avoid hefty costs
Recent allegations of bullying within 10 Downing Street have raised the profile of a subject which receives relatively little coverage...
09-04-10
Poor choice of language wins bankers age discrimination claim
A 42-year-old German banker based in London, has had his claim of age discrimination against his former employer upheld by the London South...
08-04-10
National Minimum Wage cheats – Watch out!
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are intent on cracking down on employers who fail to pay workers the National Minimum Wage, particularly...
07-04-10
Right to request time off for training
The Government has now published guidance for employers on the new right of employees to request time off work for training, which was...
06-04-10
Allegations arising during Tribunal claims | Whistleblowing update
When someone believes they have been dismissed or suffered a detriment at work because they have made a protected disclosure under the...
05-04-10
Infertility treatment | grey area for discrimination claims
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed the extent to which discrimination on the ground that an employee is receiving IVF...
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