As recent events show, failure to check immigrant worker status can lead to fines and embarrassment. Michael Bradshaw and Nicola McMahon advise on how a detailed and thorough policy can help employers avoid such traps.
Employment law
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Employers that take on youngsters must be careful of various regulations, including those related to working hours and health and safety. Georgina Fuller reports.
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One way of dealing with a slew of redundancies is to identify a pool of staff from which cuts will be made. However, this can be fraught with risk if handled in a cavalier manner, as Heidi Blakey and Claire Bolton explain.
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the decision of the Employment Tribunal that there had not been a service provision...
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The High Court has upheld the UK’s default retirement age, which allows employers to force workers to retire once they...
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Blacklisting trade union members will be banned under new government regulations. The move follows evidence that a number of employers...
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Employment law experts pick some of the highlights of 2009 and look forward to 2010. Q What do you see as...
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Employers need not panic as EU proposals to increase unpaid parental leave from three to four months were accepted in...
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Evidence showed employer did not practise age discriminationABN Amro Management Services Ltd & The Royal Bank of Scotland v Mr...
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A Christian relationship counsellor who was sacked after refusing to give sex therapy to gay couples has lost his unfair...
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Anti-discrimination laws in the UK aren’t up to scratch, said the European Commission (EC), which has begun legal action against...
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Social workers should need a licence to practise, the social work task force set up by the government after the...
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Drinks retailer First Quench is to axe 2,140 jobs and close a further 391 stores after going into administration earlier...
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More than 1,150 jobs hang in the balance following the announcement that UK bookshop chain Borders had been placed in...
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Hong Kong-based BA female cabin crew seek UK tribunal on retirement rights
by Nick Goldingby Nick GoldingA number of British Airways female cabin crew have claimed that their employer’s policy of forcing retirement upon Hong Kong-based...