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    Pregnancy and risk assessment: legal Q&A

    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008

    Managing pregnant workers can be a sensitive issue for employers, but every organisation has a responsibility to carry out a...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Friday podcast: TUPE and private equity, International Women’s Day, and B&Q’s female focus

    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008

    HR news and analysis including: Could TUPE law be about to change with respect to private equity takeovers? Tomorrow is...

    • Agency workers
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    Agency workers Bill is an unnecessary burden

    by Louisa Peacock 7 Mar 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 7 Mar 2008

    Employers are fearful that the controversial agency workers Bill, which is already causing problems, will be usurped by even more...

    • Age discrimination
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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Newcastle admin assistant wins ‘too young’ age discrimination claim

    by Louisa Peacock 4 Mar 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 4 Mar 2008

    A 19-year-old administrative assistant sacked for being “too young” won an age discrimination case last week.Leanne Wilkinson claimed she had...

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    Simple monetary claims to get fast-track through employment tribunals

    by Mike Berry 4 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 4 Mar 2008

    The government is looking to develop a fast-track system for employment tribunals to deal with simple monetary claims.Responding to a...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & development

    Diversity: Get the right mix

    by Ross Wigham 4 Mar 2008
    by Ross Wigham 4 Mar 2008

    The mere mention of tribunal claims can send a shiver down employers’ spines. And, with mistakes around diversity sometimes being...

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    Agency workers

    by Personnel Today 4 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 4 Mar 2008

    Agency workers do not enjoy the employment rights enjoyed by those who can bring themselves within the legal definition of...

    • Employment law
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    Name and shame those guilty of corporate manslaughter

    by Mike Berry 4 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 4 Mar 2008

    Companies that break the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act should be named and shamed and hit by big...

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    • Employment contracts

    Weekly dilemma: Terminating contracts

    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008

    Q We are a small company that unfortunately has to terminate the contracts of several employees. What should or should...

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    UK’s immigration system transformation under way

    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008

    But what exactly does the new-look immigration system hold in store for UK employers?The government’s overhaul of UK immigration started...

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    Employee mobility is not something to be feared

    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008

    It is unfortunate that the secretary of state John Hutton believes that a move to extend the right to ask...

    • Asylum seekers
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Friday Podcast: BBC diversity plans; Illegal workers law changes today; Coaching standards and the future of talent management

    by Rob Moss 29 Feb 2008
    by Rob Moss 29 Feb 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    Features editor Jo Faragher interviews HR directors on the future of talent management, how it...

    • Employment law
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    • Redundancy

    TUC seeks to raise weekly limit on statutory redundancy pay

    by Mike Berry 29 Feb 2008
    by Mike Berry 29 Feb 2008

    The TUC is calling on chancellor Alistair Darling to increase the weekly limit on statutory redundancy pay from £330 to...

    • Agency workers
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    Agency workers’ rights

    by Personnel Today 29 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 29 Feb 2008

    James v London Borough of Greenwich Facts Ms James was engaged by an agency under a ‘Temporary Worker Agreement’. The...

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    Employers on ‘suicide watch’ after Lords ruling on ex-employee suicide

    by Mike Berry 28 Feb 2008
    by Mike Berry 28 Feb 2008

    Employers could be held liable for the suicides of ex-employees after a landmark ruling by the House of Lords.Law Lords...

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