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    All change for TUPE: a world without the service provision change rules

    by Personnel Today 11 Feb 2013
    by Personnel Today 11 Feb 2013

    With potential change ahead for TUPE, employment lawyers Bernadette Daley and Miriam Bruce ask: What would a world without the...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Legal opinion: What are ‘day-to-day activities’ under the Equality Act definition of disability?

    by Victoria Clark 23 Jan 2013
    by Victoria Clark 23 Jan 2013

    Capability and disability can be tricky waters for employers to navigate, despite often having the best intentions. When considering whether...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice

    Legal opinion: The risks of interfering in employees’ private Facebook use

    by Joanna Dodd 10 Dec 2012
    by Joanna Dodd 10 Dec 2012

    The rise in the use of social media is a real worry for many employers. Employment lawyer Joanna Dodd says that...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Religious discrimination

    Legal opinion: Can employees be dismissed for their political opinions?

    by Laurence O'Neill 26 Nov 2012
    by Laurence O'Neill 26 Nov 2012

    In the recent case of Redfearn v the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK...

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    Legal opinion: UBS employees locked out before consultation begins

    by Joanne Owers 12 Nov 2012
    by Joanne Owers 12 Nov 2012

    Around 100 fixed income traders based at the London office of the Swiss bank UBS suffered the embarrassment of arriving...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Legal opinion: Managing compliance with the Agency Workers Regulations 2010

    by Jon Milton 2 Nov 2012
    by Jon Milton 2 Nov 2012

    When the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 (AWR) were announced, there were concerns that their implementation would be met with a...

    • Fit notes
    • Employment law
    • Employment contracts

    Legal opinion: Can a reduction in hours lead to a redundancy situation?

    by Holly Murphy 26 Oct 2012
    by Holly Murphy 26 Oct 2012

    Companies experiencing a downturn in business are increasingly looking for alternatives to redundancies.
    Recruitment freezes, unpaid sabbaticals and secondments have...

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment law
    • Grievance

    Legal opinion: Constructive dismissal – when should employers admit fault and apologise?

    by Laurence O'Neill 24 Sep 2012
    by Laurence O'Neill 24 Sep 2012

    Can an employer avoid a finding of constructive dismissal if it admits it is at fault and apologises to the...

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal
    • Legal opinion

    Legal opinion: When can an employee be dismissed due to a breach of trust and confidence?

    by Susanna Gilmartin 17 Sep 2012
    by Susanna Gilmartin 17 Sep 2012

    Implied in every contract of employment is a term that requires both employers and employees to avoid behaving in such...

    • Employment law
    • Discipline and grievances
    • Legal opinion

    Legal opinion: Is it gross misconduct to set up in competition to your employer?

    by Emma Hammond 24 Aug 2012
    by Emma Hammond 24 Aug 2012

    As the private sector continues to battle Britain’s economic woes and jobs are shed on a weekly basis, a growing...

    • Employment law
    • Executive pay
    • Pay & benefits

    Legal opinion: How HR managers can prepare for changes to executive pay

    by see note 23 Aug 2012
    by see note 23 Aug 2012

    Executive pay has received significant attention over the last 12 months and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has consulted...

    • Employment law
    • Wellbeing
    • Legal opinion

    Legal opinion: Working while on holiday

    by Joanna Marshall 20 Aug 2012
    by Joanna Marshall 20 Aug 2012

    The economic downturn has led to a rise in unemployment and an associated increase in competition for jobs, as well...

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