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    Case round-up in brief

    by Personnel Today 15 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 15 Sep 2008

    In Forces One Utilities v Hatfield, the EAT held that it is appropriate to strike out a response when the...

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    One in 10 apply for sponsorship licence to employ skilled migrant workers

    by Guy Logan 15 Sep 2008
    by Guy Logan 15 Sep 2008

    With less than two months to go before the shake-up of skilled migrant worker laws, just one in 10 HR...

    • Age discrimination
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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Weekly dilemma: withdrawing a contract on age grounds

    by Roger Byard 15 Sep 2008
    by Roger Byard 15 Sep 2008

    We recently offered a contract to an applicant for a public-facing job. That person has accepted and returned the contract...

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    Grievance gripes: hot stuff for lunch

    by no byline 15 Sep 2008
    by no byline 15 Sep 2008

    What’s the strangest or most awkward gripe you have ever come across? We want to hear from you. Get it...

    • Age discrimination
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    Friday podcast: pay wars, prison staff data and floor-buffing discrimination

    by Personnel Today 12 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 12 Sep 2008

    Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: union boss Derek Simpson warns HR should “prepare for war” as strike...

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    Case of the week: tribunal ignored financial facts in age case

    by Alan Chalmers 12 Sep 2008
    by Alan Chalmers 12 Sep 2008

    Loxley v BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions & Ordnance) LtdFACTS BAE Systems ran a contractual redundancy payment scheme calculated on...

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    Extending the right to request flexible working

    by Hannah Ford 12 Sep 2008
    by Hannah Ford 12 Sep 2008

    The government has decided to extend and revamp the right of employees to request flexible working. When this becomes effective...

    • Zero hours
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    Casual workers: what is their legal status?

    by Roger Byard 12 Sep 2008
    by Roger Byard 12 Sep 2008

    What is the legal status of someone employed on a casual basis? Is it related to the number of hours...

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    Prison staff data fiasco leads to call for tighter internal security

    by Guy Logan 12 Sep 2008
    by Guy Logan 12 Sep 2008

    Security experts and trade unions have urged employers to step up efforts to stop rogue employees stealing staff information, in...

    • Employment law
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    EU members agree agency and working time directives

    by Personnel Today 12 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 12 Sep 2008

    Ministers have agreed on the text for the agency...

    • Employment law
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    Harriet Harman paves way for more diversity legislation

    by Greg Pitcher 11 Sep 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 11 Sep 2008

    Equalities minister Harriet Harman today paved the way for yet another raft of workforce diversity laws next year.With the ink...

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    HR to gain from flexible friends

    by Personnel Today 11 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 11 Sep 2008

    Flexworks UK has joined forces with equality specialists, Energise, to deliver a series of best practice workshops on flexible working.“I am...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Tarique Ghaffur accuses Met police of victimisation

    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2008

    Tarique Ghaffur has claimed he is being victimised for making a complaint about race discrimination against the Metropolitan Police, after...

    • Asylum seekers
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    Non-EU immigrants jobs list is unhelpful, warns TUC

    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2008

    The occupational shortlist of skilled jobs published yesterday to cut the number of migrant workers is “unhelpful” for some sectors...

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    Non-EU immigrants approved jobs list published

    by Guy Logan 9 Sep 2008
    by Guy Logan 9 Sep 2008

    Proposals intended to cut the number of foreign workers coming to the UK from outside the EU have been revealed...

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