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    Staff retention: It could be you losing out with lottery winners

    by Virginia Matthews 17 Mar 2008
    by Virginia Matthews 17 Mar 2008

    To lose a top team virtually overnight would be extremely bad luck. But when the loss is caused by a...

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    Maternity leave benefits: holidays, bonuses, health insurance and pensions

    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2008

    In 2007, the Equal Opportunities Commission secured a landmark High Court ruling that UK law on pay and benefits during...

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    Corporate manslaughter: legal Q&A

    by Steffan Groch 15 Mar 2008
    by Steffan Groch 15 Mar 2008

    The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, after a slow progression through Parliament and lengthy debate, received Royal Assent on...

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    Italy introduces significant changes to employment law and pensions

    by Personnel Today 15 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 15 Mar 2008

    Significant changes in Italian employment and pensions law have been introduced after the Italian government implemented an agreement with the...

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    Friday podcast: Maternity rights changes, Carter and Carter collapse, employer training accreditation and welfare reform criticisms

    by Rob Moss 14 Mar 2008
    by Rob Moss 14 Mar 2008

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    Welfare reform criticisms – why minister James Purnell’s new rules may disadvantage the disabled
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    Non-EU IT professionals coming to work in UK on the rise

    by Gareth Vorster 14 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 14 Mar 2008

    The number of non-EU IT professionals entering the UK to work has increased by 14% in the past year, new...

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    Online tribunal results scheme delayed by IT problems

    by Mike Berry 14 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 14 Mar 2008

    Plans to publish employment tribunal judgments on the internet have been delayed, according to the government.Tribunals minister Bridget Prentice said...

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    Policy clinic: Apprenticeships

    by Personnel Today 14 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 14 Mar 2008

    Once upon a time apprenticeships involved seven years of learning from a master-craftsman under the auspices of a guild qualification....

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    IVF treatment and the Mayr decision

    by Personnel Today 13 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 13 Mar 2008

    To a non-lawyer, the idea of the European Court of Justice having to decide the point at which a pregnancy...

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    Weekly dilemma: reporting incident triggers disciplinary procedure

    by Kate French 13 Mar 2008
    by Kate French 13 Mar 2008

    Q One of our managers was out at a social event with staff. In an incident witnessed by everyone present,...

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    Case of the week: what is the definition of a pregnant worker?

    by Personnel Today 13 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 13 Mar 2008

    Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHGFACTS This case was referred to the European Court of Justice by the...

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    Legal Q&A: no straight answer to ‘gay banter’ harassment claim

    by Eliza Nash 13 Mar 2008
    by Eliza Nash 13 Mar 2008

    In the recent case of English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a man who...

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    Leeds court staff face disciplinary action after release blunders

    by Louisa Peacock 13 Mar 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 13 Mar 2008

    Court staff will face disciplinary action for serious failures that resulted in hundreds of defendants escaping trial and thousands more...

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    Wife sacked after marriage breaks down claims unfair dismissal

    by Gareth Vorster 13 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 13 Mar 2008

    A businessman has sacked his wife via letter from his construction firm, following the collapse of their marriage, an industrial...

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    Part-time firefighters win eight-year battle for equal pension and sick pay rights

    by Louisa Peacock 13 Mar 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 13 Mar 2008

    An eight-year legal battle to secure part-time firefighters the same rights to pensions and sick pay as their full-time colleagues...

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