Firms are entitled to use workers supplied by an external agency to cover for striking employees, as long as they...
Employment law
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Expert guidance on what you can and can't do with agency workers during a strike or other industrial action
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More than 20% of the working population don’t know about their employment rights, a government report will reveal today.The Fair...
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A delivery driver sacked for urinating against the side of his work van has lost his case for unfair dismissal.Colin...
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Even workers with little professional contact with children may have to register with the government’s anti-paedophile database, says the Independent...
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A black detective has launched a race claim against the Metropolitan Police, claiming that his superior constantly humiliated and undervalued...
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Proposed new anti-slavery laws to be created through an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill will be voted on...
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The government has called on employers to offer more part-time employment opportunities to help working families.Work and pensions secretary Yvette...
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Acas has been labelled “sneaky” and “unfair” after it emerged it hired temps and ended their contracts one week before...
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Agency workers’ rights clampdown will stop employers evading AWD rules
by Nick Goldingby Nick GoldingEmployers that try to evade the cost of giving agency workers the same employment terms as full-time staff after 12...
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Jobcentre Plus, the insolvency trade body R3 and the Insolvency Service have joined forces to develop a system to share...
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The Land Registry plans to cut 1,100 jobs and privatise 400 roles – including HR – as part of a cost-cutting programme...
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has recently lost an appeal against a tribunal ruling that it discriminated against a single...
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Up to 1,500 jobs could go at the Land Registry before the government department’s possible sale to the private sector,...
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The union Unite has called for immediate meetings with the new owners of London Gatwick Airport, to safeguard workers’ terms...