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Posted 02/02/2011 Companies that lose cases at employment law tribunals could be made to pay penalties under new government proposals. The Resolving Workplace Disputes Consultation document was recently revealed by...
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Posted 15/02/2011 An estranged daughter who eloped at 17 and was disinherited is challenging her mother’s Will in the Court of Appeal. The Court will be considering the difficult question...
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Posted 04/08/2014 HM Courts & Tribunal Service has recently published its annual report, which shows that just under £4.5 million has been generated from Employment Tribunal fees up to 31...
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Posted 11/06/2014 It is well established that it is unlawful to discriminate against employees and workers because of a physical or mental disability or to fail to make reasonable adjustments...
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Posted 05/05/2010 New figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that East Anglian councils are being forced to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation...
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Posted 28/02/2011 More action needs to be taken in order to make sure the UK’s employment law system continues to combat gender inequality in business boardrooms. That is according to...
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Posted 04/08/2014 The BBC reported that NHS in England has been ordered to prioritise patients who have endured long waits for routine treatment. The NHS is meant to see 90%...
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Posted 28/04/2010 Trade union Unison has called for greater scrutiny to be placed on employers over workplace after it revealed annual compensation figures for victims of industrial disease. More than...
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Posted 05/08/2014 Doctors at the Queen Mary University of London reported that daily aspirin can reduce the chance of developing bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancers by some 30-40% and can...
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Posted 15/02/2011 The Bribery Act 2010 became law in April 2010, and was due to come into force in April 2011 but following lobbying from business organisations and others, has...
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Posted 19/08/2014 Employers have been reminded again by the courts in a recent case of the importance of accuracy and careful wording in restrictive covenants designed to provide protection against...
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Posted 18/02/2011 In an important development in employment law, a corporate manslaughter test case against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has ended with a guilty verdict. The company was prosecuted after Alexander...
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