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    Legal dilemma: seconding staff overseas

    by Hannah Ford 26 Sep 2008
    by Hannah Ford 26 Sep 2008

    I’m an HR director for a UK company that has, at any one time, about 350 staff seconded to various...

    • Age discrimination
    • Case law
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    Indirect discrimination: Rainbow v Milton Keynes Council

    by Nicholas Jew 26 Sep 2008
    by Nicholas Jew 26 Sep 2008

    Rainbow v Milton Keynes CouncilFactsMs Rainbow qualified as a teacher in 1972 and is aged 61. She worked for a...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Heyday age discrimination case: Where next for retirement law?

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Sep 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Sep 2008

    Has the advocate-general’s decision called time on Heyday’s retirement age challenge?The UK’s controversial mandatory retirement age was back in the...

    • Age discrimination
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    Flexible retirement age will be good for business

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2008

    The times are a-changing, and with them our attitudes to retirement, which are undergoing a revolution. The carriage clock and...

    • Employment law
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    Garden leave – employment law

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2008

    Garden leave or gardening leave is a period whereby an employee continues to receive their normal salary despite having been given notice of dismissal and being ordered to serve out a period of notice at home – or “in the garden”.

    • Employment law
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    Immigration checks on Lambeth traffic wardens results in 48 resignations

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Sep 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Sep 2008

    An employer’s immigration check on traffic wardens in a London borough has resulted in nearly 50 of them quitting, it...

    • Age discrimination
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    Heyday age discrimination ruling: what the employment lawyers and experts say

    by John Charlton 23 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 23 Sep 2008

    Opinion among employment lawyers and other experts differs as to how far-reaching the Age Concern-Heyday decision is. This is what...

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    Ex-policeman jailed over £73,000 employee credit card fraud

    by Guy Logan 23 Sep 2008
    by Guy Logan 23 Sep 2008

    A former officer with the Metropolitan Police has been jailed for 10 months after admitting to employee fraud involving tens...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Sex discrimination soldier seeks £400,000 from MoD

    by Guy Logan 23 Sep 2008
    by Guy Logan 23 Sep 2008

    A lesbian soldier who is claiming nearly half a million pounds in compensation from the Ministry of Defence has returned...

    • Employment law
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    Immigration system a complex burden for employers

    by Louisa Peacock 23 Sep 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 23 Sep 2008

    The UK immigration system is still ‘tremendously complicated’, with employers expected to shoulder most of the burden, according to campaigners.Speaking...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Advocate general rules against Heyday case

    by Mike Berry 23 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 23 Sep 2008

    The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) advocate general has ruled against the Heyday challenge to the UK’s compulsory retirement age...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Working mothers thwarted by lack of flexibility

    by Nadia Williams 22 Sep 2008
    by Nadia Williams 22 Sep 2008

    The majority of working mothers are still frustrated by the lack of flexible working options available to them, according to...

    • Employment law
    • Redundancy

    Redundancy Assist launches as a division of People Partners Associates

    by Personnel Today 22 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 22 Sep 2008

    People Partners Associates are pleased to announce the launch of Redundancy Assist as a separate specialist division. Redundancy Assist (RA) will specialise...

    • Change management
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    XL HR team retained to do dirty work at failed leisure business

    by Guy Logan 19 Sep 2008
    by Guy Logan 19 Sep 2008

    The HR director for XL Leisure Group, which went into administration last week leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas, has...

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    HR professionals in demand as City faces turmoil

    by Greg Pitcher 19 Sep 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 19 Sep 2008

    Axed HR professionals could be among the few victims able to find jobs elsewhere in the City, according to experts.Daniel...

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