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Beyond the UK borders: Questions of territory in employment rights

Chloe George — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:00:03 +0000

The Employment Act does not specify territorial scope in regards to the rights of an employee. In a the Lawson vs Serco case, the court of appeal and the House of Lords relied on case law alone to come to their verdict. The employer, Serco Ltd is a UK company which operates world-wide providing ... Read more

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The rights of LGBT workers

Chloe George — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:27:42 +0000

The Equality bill 2010 provides protection against discrimination in the provision of goods and services on grounds of sexual orientation. There is now full legal equality for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transsexuals. The Trade Union Commission has been campaigning these objectives since first adopting gay right policy in 1985. The legal transformation has been ... Read more

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A local fight against the employment rights of agency workers

Chloe George — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:56:35 +0000

Basic employment rights are being denied to workers through the ruthless exploitation of agency workers. Minimum wage, holiday pay and the Agency Workers Regulations have been ignored as a result of poor legislation and inadequate policing. This bad conduct seems to have become the norm in the recruitment industry, and agencies which choose to veto ... Read more

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The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

Ellie Humphris — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 11:35:46 +0000

In an attempt to cut the burden of red tape on business, the government has enacted the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. The Act brings about a whole host of legislative changes across a broad spectrum of areas; nestled in amongst measures to introduce a Green Investment Bank and the creation of a new ... Read more

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Religious Discrimination

Ellie Humphris — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:07:02 +0000

The Equality Act 2010 prohibits, at Section 10, discrimination on the basis of a person’s religion or belief. In general a person is prevented from discrimination if they have a clear structure and belief system. Such a definition prevents spurious claims on the basis of pseudo religious practices. The European Human Rights Commission ... Read more

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Employment Law Updates in 2013

Tom Street — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:42:00 +0000

So another year has passed by and with it came a whole host of new features to make the Employment solicitors scratch their heads try and work out how things work now. This article will be a quick run down of all the key employment law updates that have happened over the past 12 months ... Read more

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Malky Mackay: His legal options

Tom Street — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:54:08 +0000

Unless you avoid all news related to football then you will probably have heard about the situation involving Malky Mackay and Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan. As of this moment the current state of affairs is that Vincent Tan is flying into the country for one last attempt at negotiations following his resign or be ... Read more

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Zero Hour Contracts will not be completely banned

Tom Street — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:47:46 +0000

Zero hour contracts are something of a thorn in the sides of the political parties at present with both the Tories and Labour making noises about them. However it does not seem like they are going to be removed any time soon. This is following an announcement from the Business Secretary Vince Cable. Vince Cable ... Read more

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Disability discrimination: Occupational Health report is not enough

Tom Street — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:19:48 +0000

We previously talked about disability discrimination and how if an employee self diagnoses themselves with an illness (be it physical or mental) that doesn’t mean that an employer has to implement reasonable adjustments. Instead they will need to get confirmation from other sources such as the employee’s doctor etc to confirm the knowledge that an ... Read more

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Effective Date of Termination: 3rd Party knowledge

Tom Street — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:14:25 +0000

If you are considering making a claim at the employment tribunal for unfair dismissal then one of the first things you need to know is that you have 3 months minus one day from your effective date of termination to submit a claim. Now often it is fairly clear cut when you are dismissed, you’ll ... Read more

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