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    • Employment law
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    • Employment tribunals

    Football club manager sues for non-payment of severance pay

    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006

    Swindon Town FC failed to pay money owed to its former manager after "reassessing where the money needed to go" so he is take a claim to tribunal

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Immigration

    HR overkill revealed as part of the problem at Immigration directorate as home secretary takes rap for non-deportation of foreign offenders

    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006

    One HR person for every 26 members of staff highlights resourcing issue at Immigration and Nationality Directorate.

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability

    Teacher wins constructive dismissal tribunal claim

    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006

    A teacher whose sight deteriorated has won substantial compensation because her employer failed to adjust her working conditions to meet the needs of her increasing disability

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Employment tribunals

    Turning down applications for flexible working can automatically constitute a grievance

    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006

    Case law has shifted the emphasis in grievance procedures so that an application for flexible working, if turned down, could trigger an employment tribunal claim if not treated as a grievance

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Private Member’s Bill aims to help staff when firms close down

    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006

    The Bill, which is likely to run out of time, wants workers to be more involved in discussions and decision-making before a firm closes

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Offshoring

    Prudential closes offices, 700 jobs to go

    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006

    Unions have pledged to resist the move, which will move some jobs to Scotland and others to India

    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence
    • HR practice

    Probation officers average more than 12 days a year sick

    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006

    The bill for sickness absence at the National Probation Services is running at more than £30m a year

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Labour market

    Newly-qualified nurses face competition for jobs

    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 26 Apr 2006

    Students call for a guarantee of one year's work after qualification

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    BT pension fund pledge may fall foul of EC competition law

    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006

    EC competition lawyers are to investigate the pension fund guarantee given to BT by Margaret Thatcher's government

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Latest News

    PCS threatens industrial action over job cuts in Courts Service

    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006

    Union warns of courtroom chaos as jobs are axed.

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Ericsson risks age discrimination claims after offering redundancy package to older workers in Sweden

    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006

    Telecoms giant Ericsson could be in hot water over plans to realign the age of its Swedish workforce.

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Women have low investment and low expectations of pensions

    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 25 Apr 2006

    Many women do not save for their old age because they cannot afford to, many because they work part-time

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Government to underwrite BT’s pre-privatisation pension liability

    by dan thomas 24 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 24 Apr 2006

    The government would cover three-quarters of BT's pension shortfall - the part that applies to staff and pensioners who joined before privatisation - if the telecoms giant should ever be declared insolvent

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    National pensions scheme shelved until next year

    by dan thomas 24 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 24 Apr 2006

    While the government plans to move ahead with reform of the basic state pension this year, decisions about compulsory contributions to the national pensions savings scheme will be put off until next year

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Latest News

    Unions warn of NHS strikes

    by dan thomas 24 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 24 Apr 2006

    NHS union Unison has warned the government that strikes are possible and that it will support striking members if they feel they have not alternative to industrial action

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