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Employees have more chance of winning an employment tribunal case if backed by a trade union, according to recent figures from the TUC. Focus on Employment Tribunals, the annual trends …
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The Disability Discrimination Act is to be extended to cover over 600,000 disabled people already in work and a further seven million jobs. Proposals include increased legal protection for people …
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The employment law team at Pinsent Curtis Biddle answer questions on workplace issues Statement of terms and conditions Q:Â I have heard of a case relating to the statement of …
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The Myers Report on pension fund investment has recommended that the MFR, set up after the Maxwell pensions scandal to safeguard occupational pension schemes, should be replaced. Instead, it proposes …
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Key employees inevitably have access to a company’s confidential information. If they leave, taking highly secret information, customers and even your best employees to a rival venture, it could spell disaster. Can they be stopped? henry clinton-davis examines some of the steps that employers can take to retain or at least restrain departing personnel
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Racial discrimination and victimisation is an emotive subject that requires sensitive handling. Drawing on recent real-life cases, Pauline Matthews looks at some typical situations an employer may face when dealing with such allegations
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The draft Code of Practice for the Data Protection Act has been met with much criticism and controversy. Kirsty bamford and Paul Killen look at the original Act, consider the …
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From this autumn, employers in charge of recruiting staff to work in close contact with children or other vulnerable groups will have an additional tool with which to check out …
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This weeks news High blood-lead levels in decline The number of workers under surveillance for high levels of lead in their blood is continuing to show small declines, the Health …
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Figures show the building industry clearly needs to examine its safety record
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Britain’s railway industry must learn from its mistakes when it comes to health and safety, not retreat into a shell, the HSE has urged. Timothy Walker, director- general of the …
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Employers are too often complacent about risks of RSI, especially to the young More than three-quarters of young workers in the UK are at risk of getting repetitive strain injury …
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This months news Breathe easy The British Lung Foundation has launched two leaflets to promote the work of its Breathe Easy Club, which provides support and information for people with …
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Businesses and trade unions are being urged to work together to put into place more effective anti-drug policies in the workplace. The Government initiative is tied into work already under …
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OH professionals’ opinions are canvassed on whether employers should take greater responsibility for their drivers at work