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    Royal Opera House to appeal against musician’s hearing loss ruling

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Oct 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Oct 2018

    The Royal Opera House has been granted permission to challenge a landmark High Court ruling in favour of a musician...

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    Recruitment agency held liable after MD punches colleague

    by Jo Faragher 12 Oct 2018
    by Jo Faragher 12 Oct 2018

    A recruitment agency has been held vicariously liable for the actions of its managing director after he punched someone and...

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    Asda awaits latest judgment in equal pay case

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Oct 2018
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Oct 2018

    An appeals court hearing concludes today in another episode of the long-running Asda supermarket equal pay case.
    The three-day hearing...

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    Bakery in ‘gay cake’ case wins Supreme Court appeal

    by Jo Faragher 10 Oct 2018
    by Jo Faragher 10 Oct 2018

    The Christian owners of the Northern Irish bakery in the ‘gay cake’ case have won their appeal at the Supreme...

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    Union urges Uber users not to cross ‘digital picket line’

    by Rob Moss 9 Oct 2018
    by Rob Moss 9 Oct 2018

    The IWGB union has a called a 24-hour strike against Uber and is urging the public not use the taxi-hailing...

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    Giving notice to leave a job is not always a letter of resignation

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Sep 2018
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Sep 2018

    A letter that gives one month’s notice should not automatically be interpreted as a letter of resignation, an employment appeal...

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    Proceeding with a disciplinary hearing when companion unavailable

    by Darren Newman 4 Sep 2018
    by Darren Newman 4 Sep 2018

    XpertHR’s consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent decision highlighting the potential danger in proceeding with a disciplinary hearing...

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    BA crucifix worker accuses employer of harassment in new tribunal claim

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2018
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2018

    The British Airways worker who won a landmark legal claim for the right to wear a crucifix at work has...

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    Schoolgirl awarded £16k in Pizza Hut sexual harassment case

    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2018
    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2018

    A 17-year-old schoolgirl receptionist at a Pizza Hut Delivery branch in east London has been awarded £15,800 after winning a...

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    Joint employer concept to be tested in High Court

    by Rob Moss 7 Aug 2018
    by Rob Moss 7 Aug 2018

    In a case that could open the door for more than 3 million outsourced workers to negotiate directly with their...

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    Sleepover exemption: At which point do sleep-in shifts stop counting as work?

    by Darren Newman 25 Jul 2018
    by Darren Newman 25 Jul 2018

    XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal ruled that a care...

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    Why the BHS v Burchell decision is still relevant 40 years on

    by James Medhurst 21 Jun 2018
    by James Medhurst 21 Jun 2018

    In 1978, in British Home Stores v Burchell, the Employment Appeal Tribunal outlined several factors that should be considered when...

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    Morrisons case: employers’ responsibilities in preventing malicious data leaks

    by Katherine Newman and Hans-Christian Mehrens 4 May 2018
    by Katherine Newman and Hans-Christian Mehrens 4 May 2018

    With the GDPR now in force, employers could face eye-watering fines if they fail to protect their employees’ data. Katherine...

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    Supreme Court rules former Johnson Matthey employees entitled to compensation

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Mar 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Mar 2018

    The Supreme Court has ruled that three former employees of chemicals company Johnson Matthey should be compensated after they developed...

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    by Stephen Simpson 28 Feb 2018
    by Stephen Simpson 28 Feb 2018

    Since its first issue on 9 February 1988, Personnel Today has reported on a staggering number of developments in employment...

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