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Guru's Friday workplace bizzares

Once again, Guru gives you five links to the top workplace stories of the week. Jobcentre's sorry for the spurn of the Jedi No job unless you're Polish: Biggest Asda meat supplier excludes English speakers as 'all instructions are in Polish' Racism storm over £38,000 'Indians-only'...

Posted to Guru Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 19-03-2010
Draft EHRC Code of Practice: Don't Panic!

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has caused a bit of a stir with its draft Employment Statutory Code of Practice on the Equality Bill (external link), specifically in relation to discrimination on the ground of religion or belief.

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 16-03-2010
Re: Can I apply for job whilst taking the company to tribunal for unfair dismissal etc..

From what you've said it certainly sounds like the organisation are not being entirely fair nor applying legislation around redundancy correctly, although without all the information from both sides it's obviously hard to say exactly what's happening. There is no law against her applying...

Posted to Legal questions (Forum) by Sandi on 28-02-2010
Being forced to move role

I wonder if anyone could advise me on this. I work for a large company who have over 50 offices. I have been on fixed term contracts since I started over two years ago. My current role is at a higher grade than my previous one, and my fixed term contract is due to run out in June 25. The previous employee...

Posted to Legal questions (Forum) by jig on 21-02-2010
How to Achieve a Good Office Environment

The most important factor in any working environment is respect: respect for employers and respect for co-workers. Without respect, there is no way for people to get along successfully and the lack of respect can also be the first step in the downward spiral towards employment discrimination and workplace...

Posted to Scott McArthur (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-02-2010
Job Centre Plus brands advert requesting reliable workers "discriminatory"

An advert requesting "very reliable and hardworking" workers has been branded "discriminatory" by Job Centre Plus, which refused to place the ad as it considered it discriminated against "unreliable workers", according to the Daily Telegraph .

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 28-01-2010
Employment tribunals: what would you like to see covered?

XpertHR's case reporting has been improved with the addition of a new service providing summaries of new employment decisions, as well as the full transcripts of the cases , to go alongside our more detailed monthly summaries on a particular area [subscription required]. We're keen to hear from...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 27-01-2010
Learning from the movies - 12 Angry Men

This brilliant movie provides many lessons relating to persuasion, leadership, diversity, conflict, consensus decision making, lack of genuine discussion, and diversity issues. " 12 Angry Men " focuses on a jury's deliberations in a murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations...

Posted to Scott McArthur (Weblog) by Anonymous on 15-01-2010
ECJ decisions on defences to age discrimination

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given two judgments on when employers can set upper age limits for employment, in Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt Am Main [subscription required] and Petersen v Berufungsausschuss Für Zahnärzte Für Den Bezirk Westfalen-Lippe [subscription required].

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 15-01-2010
Ten employment cases to watch out for in 2010

As usual, 2009 was a busy year in the employment tribunals, courts and in the European Court of Justice. But what employment law cases can we look forward to in the next 12 months? Here are 10 significant employment decisions expected in 2010.

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 31-12-2009

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