When commercial landlord Grainger created the post of ‘head of sustainability’, little could it have guessed the chain of events that...
Employment law
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Female Labour MPs are threatening to revolt over Gordon Brown’s plans to scrap childcare tax breaks.Senior backbenchers, including Patricia Hewitt,...
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More than four out of 10 fines imposed on companies for hiring illegal workers remain unpaid.Of the 3,164 illegal labour...
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Workers spend up to 78 minutes commuting every day, research by the Trades Union Congress has revealed.In total UK workers...
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British Airways (BA) workers have “unwillingly” agreed to work new schedules with reduced staffing pending a full High Court hearing.The...
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The Conservatives will ‘repatriate’ employment legislation from Europe should they win the next general election, David Cameron has said.In a...
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Six months since its implementation, the code will soon start to show its mettle in court.
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The government should not use a single statistic to try to explain the complex gender pay gap, an official report...
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A London plumbing firm has begun a £1m legal claim against a former employee at a rival business who is...
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Wilson v Health & Safety ExecutiveFactsMrs C Wilson was employed by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) as a band...
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HSBC’s plan to cut 1,700 jobs is a “fundamental mistake” that will not improve the bank’s future performance, Unite union has...
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The government’s plan to sell off parts of the state-aided high-street banks RBS and Lloyds Banking Group could result in...
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Two recent stellar rulings on sickness and holiday accrual and entitlement have managed to clear some waters and muddy others. Joanne Owers explains.
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld an Employment Tribunal’s decision that Mr Wooster had been unlawfully discriminated against on the...
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that workers who are sick during a period of pre-arranged annual leave...