Legal News
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Posted 28/07/2010 The government has announced that the default retirement age for men and women will be scrapped in October 2011. Ministers have said the change in legislation – which...
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Posted 04/07/2010 The Equality Bill which was passed in April 2010 is to be launched in the UK this October, the coalition government has said. Home secretary Theresa May said...
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Posted 20/08/2013 The BBC has reported that a lifetime of too much copper in our diets may be contributing to Alzheimer’s disease.The research by scientists in the US has suggested...
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Posted 15/01/2015 The end of a relationship is never an easy time. There is the emotional fall out to deal with – if you have been living together you may...
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Posted 28/01/2010 Companies are unlikely to see their risk of facing insolvency decrease in the coming months despite the end of the recession, according to an expert. Steven Law, vice...
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Posted 13/01/2010 Equity release schemes can be a potentially beneficial source of income for those struggling to manage their debt repayments. This is the advice of Key Retirement Solutions, which...
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Posted 07/07/2010 A charity spokesperson has urged the government to clarify the employment law surrounding retirement age as soon as possible. Michelle Mitchell of Age UK said that new plans...
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Posted 20/01/2010 The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has backed recent forecasts suggesting that UK businesses are to face an increasing risk of insolvency over the coming months. Matthew Fell,...
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Posted 22/09/2013 Two Stafford Hospital nurses who falsified A&E discharge times have been struck off the nursing register. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel found that they had brought...
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Posted 14/06/2010 Many UK companies are still discriminating against female staff members in terms of pay and treatment despite efforts to tackle the problem via employment law. This is the...
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Posted 14/04/2010 A man who claims he was sacked because of his religious beliefs is seeking compensation from his former employer. Gary McFarlane, who was working as a counsellor for...
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Posted 25/04/2010 Thousands of workers in the not-for-profit sector could be in a position to make claims for unlawful deduction of wages, according to a trade union. Unite said it...
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