Stephen Simpson looks at five important employment law cases that will grab the headlines in 2021, covering significant issues such...
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Bonmarché and Ponden Home have been bought out of administration, safeguarding almost 2,000 jobs.
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Nearly four in 10 NHS staff in intensive care units reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the first...
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Supermarket chain Morrisons has promised to pay staff a minimum of £10 an hour in a new pay deal that...
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Glassdoor has announced its annual list of the best places to work in the UK for 2021 as top employers...
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Santander UK has announced that Elaine Thomas will become chief human resources officer next month.
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Key workers and people unable to work from home are to receive more frequent Covid-19 testing – even if they are not displaying any symptoms.
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Christine McAnea has been elected as the new general secretary of Unison, the UK’s largest trade union.
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A Midlands NHS trust has had to redeploy medical trainees to help support ward staff after its plans to bring in doctors from abroad were scotched.
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UK lawyers will retain at least some clout with the European legal profession, it has emerged, as a key umbrella body of bar associations has created a new category of membership for UK practitioners.
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Working from home will not be the ‘new normal’ in a post-Covid world, chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.
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Three police officers at Hampshire Constabulary’s serious organised crime unit were sacked for gross misconduct after being secretly bugged following whistleblower concerns.
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An employment judge found that the real reason behind the dismissal was the postman's union activities and poor relationship with his line manager.
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Optimism around the impact of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out led to an increase in both permanent and temporary job... -
Fashion retailer ASOS is to employ 2,000 people over the next three years at a new fulfilment centre in Staffordshire....