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    Case of the week: DA v Strathclyde Joint Police Board

    by Ben Gomer 6 Dec 2012
    by Ben Gomer 6 Dec 2012

    DA v Strathclyde Joint Police BoardFACTSThe claimant (AC) was employed by the Strathclyde Joint Police Board as a police training...

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    Case of the week: Asif v Elmbridge Borough Council

    by Mike Burns 3 Dec 2012
    by Mike Burns 3 Dec 2012

    Asif v Elmbridge Borough CouncilFACTSMs Asif was employed as an IT helpdesk administrative officer by Elmbridge Borough Council. There were...

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    Safety and financial issues to consider when travelling for business

    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2012

    Travelling for business has similar risks as travelling for leisure, but an employer must consider additional safety and financial issues....

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    Case of the week: Timbo v Greenwich Council for Rights and Equality

    by Alan Chalmers 20 Nov 2012
    by Alan Chalmers 20 Nov 2012

    imbo v Greenwich Council for Rights and Equality
    FACTS
    Ms Timbo was employed by Greenwich Council for Rights and Equality...

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    Legal Q&A: What does Birmingham City Council v Abdulla mean for equal pay claims?

    by Vanessa Hogan 13 Nov 2012
    by Vanessa Hogan 13 Nov 2012

    It has been long accepted that the courts and the employment tribunals have concurrent jurisdiction to hear claims for breach...

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    Employers urged to support growth in use of Army reservists

    by Jo Faragher 8 Nov 2012
    by Jo Faragher 8 Nov 2012

    The Ministry of Defence has announced plans to invest £1.8 billion over the next 10 years to double the size...

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    A challenging recruitment puzzle for occupational health

    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2012
    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2012

    As OH positions are cut in both the private and public sectors and the number of specialist trainee positions falls,...

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    Job cuts ‘plunging NHS into peril’

    by Jo Faragher 30 Oct 2012
    by Jo Faragher 30 Oct 2012

    Almost three-quarters of nurses believe that NHS job cuts are having a negative effect on their work, according to a...

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    Former Birmingham City Council employees win landmark equal pay ruling

    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Oct 2012

    The Supreme Court has ruled that 170 women who used to work at Birmingham City Council can proceed with equal...

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    HR Moves: Carlsberg, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Research Councils UK

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2012
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2012

    Claudia Schlossberger (pictured) has joined brewing company Carlsberg Group as senior vice president of global human resources, where she will...

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    Government to clamp down on paid civil service union activity

    by Laura Chamberlain 8 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 8 Oct 2012

    Civil servants are to face new restrictions on the amount of paid time they can spend on trade union activities,...

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    Second teachers’ union begins work-to-rule strike action

    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Oct 2012

    Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will begin “action short of strike action” today, which will see them refusing...

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    How to identify illness deception in the workplace

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2012

    Government assessments of people’s fitness to work have revealed what occupational health practitioners have known for a long time: a...

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    NHS performance monitoring system available to all sectors

    by Personnel Today 5 Sep 2012
    by Personnel Today 5 Sep 2012

    The NHS’s new web-based occupational health clinical governance system is to be offered free to all OH teams, whether inside...

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    Sickness absence rates among NHS workers fall for a second year running

    by Personnel Today 5 Sep 2012
    by Personnel Today 5 Sep 2012

    NHS staff in England had a sickness absence rate of 4.12%, which equated to about 15.56 million days lost to...

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