Firms have been urged not to discipline staff if they failed to make it to work due to the harsh...
Employment law
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A Territorial Army (TA) solider who was made redundant days after he returned from fighting in Afghanistan has won his...
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Snow: employers urged not to push staff to risk life and limb to get to work
by Kat Bakerby Kat BakerEmployers must be flexible during the harsh weather conditions and should not force staff to “risk life and limb” getting...
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The government has created a team to crack down on employers who continually refuse to pay their workers the National...
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Almost 30,000 non-EU technology workers came to the UK last year, sent to work for their companies’ subsidiaries here under...
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Workplace bullying of the clergy, by both bishops and parishioners, is “rife”, says Unite the Union. The union has set...
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North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has spent millions of pounds on a legal battle over equal pay, prompting accusations...
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FACTSGary McFarlane joined Relate Avon, which provides relationship counselling services, in 2003. He was required to, and did, sign up...
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A 42-year-old banker has won an age discrimination ruling against his employer after being made redundant during the credit crisis...
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Nearly 350 illegal immigrants have been working for the government in some of the country’s most sensitive offices, including the...
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In Meerts v Proost, the ECJ said that a worker who was dismissed without notice during a period of part-time...
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that non-disabled employees who are treated less favourably or harassed because of their...
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was exempt from having to make reasonable adjustments when disciplining a disabled employee...
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A shipping company failed in its bid to secure a ruling that an unfair dismissal claim from a former seaman...