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Posted 01/03/2012 Redundancy payments given to workers in Merseyside who were told they were losing their jobs have been handed over to a local charity.Some 175 members of staff at...
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Posted 05/03/2012 Companies may be open to employment law cases if they fail to pay employees of different genders equally, as it has been revealed there is still a pay...
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Posted 29/02/2012 Despite many youngsters shunning cycle helmets, boys and girls aged 11-16 would welcome a law enforcing their wear. Anecdotal research carried out by the Brain Injury Group in...
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Posted 16/01/2013 The Ministry of Defence is currently consulting with interested parties on proposed new arrangements for reservists. In future, the Government intends to seek far greater commitment from those...
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Posted 02/02/2011 Demand and solid returns are helping to make agricultural property attractive to investors, according to one expert. Mark McAndrew, spokesman for property consultancy Strutt & Parker, said that...
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Posted 21/02/2012 People considering buying property in France have been reminded that there are strict inheritance tax laws in place in the country.Richard Way, editor at the Overseas Guides Company,...
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Posted 29/02/2012 A Manchester hospital has been told it cannot deny pay rises to members of staff who take more than 18 days off sick a year or who are...
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Posted 22/04/2013 NHS bosses are considering whether thousands of patients should be treated in new ‘health hotels’ rather than on wards in an effort to relieve the growing pressure on...
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Posted 21/02/2012 It’s all change for Pensions The Pension Act has now become law. The pension age for all women will rise to 65 in 2018 and to 66 for...
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Posted 29/10/2012 Health Protection Agency figures for England and Wales show that a tenth baby has died in the worst outbreak of whooping cough for decades. Cases continue to soar,...
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Posted 13/11/2012 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that the UK had breached a BNP councillor’s human rights by failing to provide him with protection from dismissal...
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Posted 03/02/2011 The technology sector could see a large amount of mergers and acquisitions this year, thanks to its good valuations and returns. This is according to a new report...
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