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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Include regular voluntary overtime in holiday pay, judge rules

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2019

    Employers must now consider any voluntary overtime that is taken regularly in holiday pay calculations

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    • Bullying and harassment
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    Supreme Court to hear ‘judges are workers’ case

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jun 2019

    A judge who is seeking a clarification in the law to recognise judges as workers will make her case at...

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    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave

    Employers can enhance maternity pay and not shared parental pay

    by Rob Moss 28 May 2019
    by Rob Moss 28 May 2019

    The Court of Appeal has ruled that employers can enhance maternity pay, while only offering statutory shared parental pay for fathers.

    • Age discrimination
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    • Age

    Oxford University’s retirement age not discriminatory, tribunal finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 May 2019

    A former Oxford University academic who was forced to retire at 67 has lost his claim for unfair dismissal and...

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    Proselytising Christian nurse loses second appeal against dismissal

    by Rob Moss 14 May 2019
    by Rob Moss 14 May 2019

    A nurse in Kent dismissed for “preaching” to patients has lost a second appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that...

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    • Working Time Regulations

    ECJ: Employers must ensure staff are not overworking

    by Rob Moss 14 May 2019
    by Rob Moss 14 May 2019

    The European Court of Justice has ruled that employers must take steps to make sure their staff are not exceeding...

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    • Employment tribunals

    Holland & Barrett employee wins overtime case for opening and closing up

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Apr 2019

    Retailers whose staff work extra hours to open and close the store should ensure their employees are adequately remunerated for...

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    Royal Mail driver told she should be ‘in the kitchen’ wins case

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Apr 2019

    A Royal Mail driver who was told she should be “back home and in the kitchen” has won £2,600 in...

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    • Maternity
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    Redundancy when on maternity leave: a matter of communication

    by Charles Wynn-Evans 29 Mar 2019
    by Charles Wynn-Evans 29 Mar 2019

    HR practitioners, even some line managers, know full well that an employee at risk of redundancy when they are on...

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    • Discipline
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    Suspending an employee: Avoiding a knee-jerk reaction

    by Michael Chattle 25 Mar 2019
    by Michael Chattle 25 Mar 2019

    An employee facing disciplinary action may be legitimately suspended from work, but there are circumstances where any such suspension may...

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    Dismissal for asserting a statutory right – a trap for the unwary

    by Charles Wynn-Evans 5 Mar 2019
    by Charles Wynn-Evans 5 Mar 2019

    Most employers wanting to part company with an employee will be aware of the most common claims that the individual...

    • Case law
    • Bank holidays
    • Discipline

    Christmas in the workplace: 10 common employer queries

    by Ashok Kanani 5 Dec 2018
    by Ashok Kanani 5 Dec 2018

    During the Christmas period employers face a minefield of HR challenges. How well prepared is your organisation for the festive...

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    One-HR employment law review (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 4 Dec 2018
    by Personnel Today 4 Dec 2018

    Last chance to book your place: 6 December 2018 at 2pm. Barrister Kevin Charles scrutinises the latest developments in employment law including whistleblowing, minimum wage and more...

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    Sir Philip Green named as businessman in sexual and racial harassment scandal

    by Rob Moss 25 Oct 2018
    by Rob Moss 25 Oct 2018

    Billionaire named as the man at the centre of the "British #MeToo" scandal...

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    • Data protection
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    Morrisons data breach: Could the supermarket have done more?

    by Jo Faragher 24 Oct 2018
    by Jo Faragher 24 Oct 2018

    This week’s Court of Appeal decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for a serious data breach by a disgruntled employee...

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