Employers required to justify both the “adoption” and “application” of service-related pay criteria as Court of Appeal establishes a low hurdle for employees […]
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EU social partners agree to increase parental leave […]
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The Government has begun a 12 week consultation on new “fit notes” which it proposes will replace GP’s “sick notes” in spring 2010. This is in response to recommendations made in Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of Britain’s working age population in March 2008. The consultation invites views on amending regulations to implement […]
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that the bands for damages awarded for injury to feelings in unlawful discrimination cases (known as “Vento” damages) should be increased in line with inflation, with immediate effect. […]
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A tribunal has upheld a 42 year older banker’s claims for age discrimination, unfair dismissal and protective awards against one of the largest banks in Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”). […]
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has been granted new enhanced powers […]
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Consultants subject to implied duty of confidentiality […]
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Updated guidance on managing workplace stress […]
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The government has adopted proposals of a report by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which recommend the extension of the right to request flexible working to all employees with parental responsibility for children up to the age of 16. It will be consulting on how best to implement the proposals which envisage […]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a worker who is sick during a period of annual leave may decide to postpone his holiday entitlement to an alternative date. This case builds on the principle established in ECJ cases on the holiday entitlement of those on long term sick leave that sick leave […]
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