Employment Law
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employment law MATTERS - May 2012
16 May 2012In this issue of employment law MATTERS we look at: the Queen's Diamond Jubilee holiday; legislative update on the Queen's Speech; Caselaw updates on harassing a colleague on Facebook; Caselaw updates on justifying a normal retirement age; and a look at our upcoming events on Social Media.
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employment law MATTERS April 2012
4 April 2012In this Easter edition of employment law MATTERS, our focus is on the frequently asked questions surrounding Easter including: if your children are off from school; if you're working on Good Friday and Easter Monday; part-time employees and public holiday entitlement; and religious preferences. We also look at legislative updates and case law updates on discrimination on marital status and age.
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employment law MATTERS - February 2012
28 February 2012In this month's edition of employment law MATTERS we look at: legislative update on two-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal; judge sitting alone in unfair dismissal claims; caselaw updates relating to discrimination and sexual orientation; unfair dismissal involving suspension pending investigation; social media updates and details of our up-and-coming seminars on social media.
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employment law MATTERS January 2012
26 January 2012In this issue of employment law MATTERS we look at the year ahead and issues arising including flexibility to manage a workforce; compensation limits for Employment Tribunals; monetary changes including statutory maternity/paternity increase, statutory sick pay and annual income tax thresholds; unfair dismissal; pensions and the minimum wage increase.
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employment law MATTERS December 2011
22 December 2011In this matter of employment law MATTERS we look at: carrying over holidays into 2012; what to do when you suspect an employee is "pulling a sickie"; employment law and weather disruption; religious beliefs surrounding Christmas; Christmas bonuses; Christmas parties and employment law; case update on annual leave and seminar programme for 2012.
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employment law MATTERS - November 2011
15 November 2011In this issue of employment law MATTERS we look at what the future holds for unfair dismissal, flexible working and adverse weather conditions including can you dock employees' pay for snow days? What are the alternatives to docking pay? How should businesses deal with school closures and childcare issues on snow days? And how much effort should employees make to attend the workplace?
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employment law MATTERS October 2011
26 October 2011In this issue of employment law MATTERS we look at the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 which came into force on 1 October 2011, accuring holidays during long-term sick leave, the national minimum wage increase from 1 October 2011, social media seminar follow up and if your business can justify compulsory retirement age.
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employment law MATTERS - August 2011
25 August 2011In this issue of employment law MATTERS we look at the position on sick employees and annual leave; unpaid charity worker and disability discrimination; reinstatement by an employment tribunal for an unfairly dismissed employee; Court of Appeal defends employment tribunal system; the importance of procedure and fair process; and written terms that do not reflect the parties actual agreement may be discarded.
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employment law MATTERS Summer 2011
18 July 2011In this issue of employment law MATTERS we provide a Discrimination Law case update, news on the Bribery Act and the date of the Jubilee holiday 2012.
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employment law MATTERS May 2011
13 May 2011In this issue of employment law MATTERS we look at the abolition of the default retirement age; flexible working; agency workers, and the national minimum wage increase for October 2011. We also have case updates on inflating redundancy score of employee on maternity leave was sex discrimination against male colleague; volunteer could not claim disability discrimination, and time off for dependants.
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employment law MATTERS March 2011
28 March 2011In this issue of employment law Matters we look at recent cases involving conduct outside the workplace and also the vexed question of whether ministers can be deemed employees. We discuss the Budget 2011 and the implications this will have on employment law. Check out our up and coming Edinburgh half day seminar on dismissal procedures, processes and hearings.
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employment law MATTERS February 2011
18 February 2011In this issue of employment law Matters we discuss the Government commencing its consultation on reforming the Employment Tribunal system and is there light at the end of the tunnel for employers? We also discuss No contract, no protection - Volunteer rights examined, how it was a Nice Try in the case of Morgan v The Welsh Rugby Union, our breakfast seminars and our half day seminars on dismissal procedures, processes and hearings.
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employment law MATTERS January 2011
20 January 2011In this issue of employment law Matters we discuss the abolition of default retirement age, two years to qualify for unfair dismissal, appealing to a wider audience v sexual orientation discrimination, new from February 2011, our breakfast seminars on numerous topics and our half day seminars on dismissal procedures, processes and hearings.
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employment law MATTERS December 2010
22 November 2010In this issue we discuss holidays in the education sector; the right to request to work flexibly; additional paternity leave; the Bribery Act; abolition of default retirement age; new addition to the Employment Team and our last seminar of 2010.
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employment law MATTERS October 2010
1 October 2010In this issue we discuss the new Equality Act which came into force on 1st October 2010.
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employment law MATTERS August 2010
30 August 2010In this issue we look at plans to scrap the retirement age; changes to the National Minimum Wage; the Bribery Act 2010, and our seminar programme for 2010.
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employment law MATTERS March 2010
16 March 2010In this issue we look at Carry over annual leave; Compensation limits reduced; Goodbye 'sick notes' / Hello 'fit notes'; Blacklisting of union members outlawed; Employee 'blows the whistle' on professional football club; Seminar and training programme 2010.
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employment law MATTERS January 2010
22 January 2010This issue includes New Addition to the Team; Goodbye 2009/Hello 2010; Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures; Stringer; Equality Bill; 'Fit-notes'; Default Retirement Age; New Fines for Serious Data Protection Breaches; The Gathering 2010; Seminar and Training Programme 2010.
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employment law MATTERS October 2009
6 October 2009In this issue we look at Legislative changes in October; More fathers at home?; Are lawyers in internal disciplinary hearings a good thing? and our Seminar and training programme 2009
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employment law MATTERS June 2009
2 June 2009In this issue we look at redundancy pay; contestant or employee?; statutory holiday pay and age discrimination.
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employment law MATTERS April 2009
2 April 2009In this issue we look at the ever-present topic of redundancies and alternatives to businesses taking this step.
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employment law MATTERS February 2009
6 February 2009In this issue we meet the Employment Law Team; look at holiday rights of those on longterm sick and launch our seminar programme.
