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Employment law
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The steps you should take when seeking to maintain business performance during a period of job cuts.
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A quarter of UK employers have drawn up plans to make redundancies over the next 12 months, according to research...
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Tribunal hearings could increase rather than decrease when the UK’s new workplace dispute resolution system is introduced, an influential figure...
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As the UK enters recession, thousands of stay-at-home mums are using the internet to find occasional work to supplement the...
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A government adviser who helped create the new points-based immigration system has warned employers that they will not be able...
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A whistleblower who was sacked after telling his local council that his employer breached recycling regulations has been awarded £19,000...
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Fears have grown for the UK’s cherished opt-out from the Working Time Directive, with claims that even Labour MEPs will...
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The government has been warned that postponing the extension of flexible working rights would be “misguided” and “a really big...
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New flexible working laws may be delayed, but employers should still consider requests.Despite widespread press reports that business secretary Lord Mandelson planned...
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Hughes v Jones and Jones t/a Graylyns Residential HomeFactsMrs Hughes was employed by Graham and Lynne Jones at Graylyns Residential...
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As many as 65,000 manufacturing workers will lose their jobs in the next six months, according to research by the...
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Part of my role is monitoring absence. It’s come to my notice that one member of staff has been off...
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Employees have the right to take a reasonable amount of time off work to deal with unexpected or sudden emergencies...
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Business secretary Peter Mandelson has distanced himself from claims he is to delay the introduction of regulations on flexible working...