Love will be all around this Valentine’s Day, but how far should employers go in controlling simmering passions in the...
Employment law
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An employee has asked whether he can have Friday afternoons off work during the winter months as it is the...
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Forget the 'red tape is bad for business' mantra: employment law is good for you if only we could see the wood for the lawyers.
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Unemployed people who cannot speak English risk losing their benefits unless they learn the language, the government has announced.
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Employers must be on their guard this Valentine’s Day, or risk costly sex discrimination claims, lawyers have warned. Sending cards and...
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CBI condemns children’s minister Beverley Hughes’ call to extend flexible working rights to all employees
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe CBI has slammed a government minister’s call for flexible working rights to be extended to all employees, insisting that...
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BBC News workers are set to stage a 24-hour strike on Monday 26 February in a bid to stop compulsory...
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House of Lords vote to extend corporate manslaughter legislation to include prisons and police cells
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe House of Lords has voted to extend the planned corporate manslaughter bill to include deaths in prisons and police cells. Peers...
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Computer-chip maker Intel has lost an appeal against a ruling that found the company had been negligent in allowing an...
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The UK’s fraud prevention service CIFAS and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have launched a free guide...
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Counsel and Care charity urges employers to sign up to flexible working petition
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEmployers will today (7 February) be urged to get ready to implement the new right to request flexible working for carers,...
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Ryanair threatens pilots with the sack for second dangerous approach to an airport
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherRyanair pilots have been told they will be sacked if they continue to approach landing strips dangerously.There have been three...
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Proposed legislation that would give temporary workers the same rights as directly employed staff would damage business, the body representing...
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A business manager in County Durham has found a novel way of showing his dissatisfaction with an employment tribunal decision....
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French dressing tribunal fight Twelve French state post office workers have gone before an industrial tribunal in Albi, south-west France,...