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ACAS guidance for the Olympics
With the Olympic and Paralympic Games fast approaching, employers need to start thinking about potential issues with their employees. You’ll need to strike the right...
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No TUPE exemption for company in administration
Last month, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Key2Law (Surrey) LLP v De’Antiquis, which dealt with the application of TUPE...
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Annual leave and sickness: continuing uncertainty
The issue of whether employees on long-term sickness absence are entitled to statutory annual leave has been a hot topic for some time now. Uncertainty as...
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The cost of workplace bullying
Office banter is part and parcel of many work places and for the most part is harmless. However, in some cases it can get out...
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Leaked government report on lazy workers
Unions are up in arms over a leaked government report which proposes that employers should be able to dismiss unproductive employees with only basic redundancy...
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Working whilst on sick leave
What would you do if you had an employee signed off work on sick leave, but you found out that she was at the same...
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Social media in the workplace
It's a generational thing. It defines how old you are. It reflects what you think communications mean. And it can make the difference between...
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ACAS guidance on social networking
We wrote a few weeks ago about the case of Preece v J D Wetherspoons PLC, which concerned an employee posting abusive comments about her...
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Employment aftermath of the rioting
Whilst much has been made of the troubled backgrounds of many of the people involved in the English riots last month, a more surprising picture...
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The perils of social networking
The case of Preece v J D Wetherspoons PLC is one of the latest in an ever increasing line of cases regarding the use of...
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Government Plans Proposals to Leave and Pay
From 3 April 2011 the paternity leave rules were changed to give fathers (or partners of the main parent of an adopted child): The right to...
