Swine flu is here in the UK, and no-one is sure how widely it will spread, and how severely it will strike.There were three flu...
Employment law
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HR news and views including:
Swine flu: should employers really pay attention to the media hype and should HR be...
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European MPs will vote later this month on whether both partners in a lesbian couple should be entitled to maternity...
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Linda Goldman and Joan Lewis look at new legislation set to provide tougher penalties for employers that fail to minimise the risk of death and injury to employees.
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A long-running case concerning whether staff can accrue holiday pay while on sick leave will be heard in the House...
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The Equality Bill has been criticised as poorly timed and “bureaucratic” by opposition politicians. Published yesterday, the bill replaces nine diversity...
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Further signs of an eventual economic upturnhave been revealed, after a survey of employers found they expected staff hours to...
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The UK has finally won its right to retain the opt-out to the Working Time Directive.Talks on the European legislation...
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Sunderland City Council has lost an employment tribunal brought by 150 female staff who claimed male-dominated roles were being targeted...
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Leading HR and business groups have condemned the government’s introduction of gender pay audits as a “bullet aimed at employers”.As...
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Employers will not be given a period of amnesty to deal with equal pay claims when they are forced to...
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White-collar workers are losing their jobs at a faster rate than less-skilled...
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More than 30 council employees have resigned or been dismissed after an internal fraud investigation revealed that they tried to...
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Fashion retailer Bay Trading has gone into administration, putting 1,000 jobs at risk as hundreds of shops could be forced to...
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In what is believed to be the first prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, Cotswold Geotechnical...