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New rules should give employers greater flexibility in hiring temporary workers. The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2001 contains a stipulation that where a hiring has lasted …

Disciplinary procedures are becoming dangerous territory. Employers must now try to predict how their actions, even if contractually justified, are likely to affect the mental health of those on the receiving end. By Christina Morton

The employment law team at Allen & Overy answer questions on workplace issues Drug and alcohol testing Q:  Can I test employees for drugs and alcohol? A:  Provided that testing …

A contract worker refused her post back after maternity leave successfully claims discrimination. plus cases on equal pay, constructive dismissal, injury to feelings awards, sex discrimination, establishing dismissal, disciplinary action after lapse of contract, Tupe and race discrimination

Is there any such thing as a simple termination any more? Even the most straightforward resignation or dismissal can be fraught with implications. David Morgan and Stephen Brown work through some typical situations

Is the law deliberately designed to make your life difficult? Some days it is hard to believe it isn’t. Here two leading lawyers sound off about some particularly topical bugbears. And, they warn, don’t expect things to get any better…

Employers have been waiting for new Tupe regulations for nearly two years. With a consultation document now on the horizon, John mcmullen, one of the country’s leading Tupe experts, takes an “inspired guess” as to what it might contain

In this new series we publish an actual professional problem encountered by a reader and suggest some ways of dealing with it.

This month’s news Wood stacking guide Guidance on the safe stacking of sawn timber and board materials has been published by the Health and Safety Executive. The revised Woodworking Information …

Nurses are ideally positioned to raise the subject of alcohol abuse with their clients and, for those with a problem, even a brief intervention can make all the difference

New guidance aimed at improving health and safety during the turnaround between a civil aircraft landing and taking off has been drawn up by the Health and Safety Executive. Aircraft …

Numbers of local authority are dropping and this means work for OH nurses

This month’s news Swiss life buys MTL Occupational healthcare specialist MTL Medical Services has been bought by the UK arm of Swiss life assurance firm Swiss Life. MTL would fit …

Working conditions in Europe are getting worse, not better, with more work-related health problems coming to light, research has found. The first results of the third European Survey on Working …

This month’s news Respirator fit A three-part research report, An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Performance of Power Assisted Full-face piece Respirators in use has been drawn up by the …