Doctors trained overseas are twice as likely as those who graduated in the UK to face formal disciplinary hearings after...
Employment law
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Parliamentary human rights committee slams changes to Highly Skilled Migrant Programme as breach of European Convention
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherMore high-level criticism has been heaped on the retrospective nature of the government’s controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant...
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HMV has announced it will buy seven Fopp stores, saving some 70 jobs, following the news that Fopp went into...
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An Argos employee has been sacked following his antics on social networking site Facebook.According to an article in The Sun,...
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Unfair dismissal cases lost after smoking too close to the workplace and missing claim deadline by 88 seconds
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe fine margins of employment law have been demonstrated by two workers who lost unfair dismissal cases – one by...
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Conciliation service Acas is spending almost £2m on employees who chose to leave the organisation in the past year, despite...
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Overseas doctors should not be banned from applying to work in the NHS, although there are not enough positions for...
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The compensation paid by employers who discriminated against employees fell by almost £1m last year, as the number of successful...
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Atchoe v Camden Primary Care Trust
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Employers that ignore their obligations under the Information and Consultation Regulations are risking substantial fines as trade unions ramp up...
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Domino’s Pizza has denied claims that its central HR team has lost control of its franchisees after eight migrant staff...
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One in five workers does not take a lunch break, according to research by pollster YouGov.The survey, conducted for business...
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Maternity, paternity and adoption rights for babies due on or after 1 April 2007 are discussed below in a question...
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GMB union did not discriminate when it told female members to settle equal pay claim rather than fight
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned a decision that would have forced the GMB union to pay out £1m...
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Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) urges government not to extend gangmaster regulations
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government should resist trade union calls to extend the gangmaster licensing regulations to other sectors such as care homes,...