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Many companies have entered administration in response to the COVID-19 crisis but have retained...
Workplace whistleblowers who, in the public interest, disclose what they believe to be wrongdoing...
The consequences of discrimination in the workplace can be truly devastating and compensation...
Anyone who induces an employee to breach his or her contract is guilty of a civil wrong and can...
Ascertaining exactly why an employee has been dismissed can be a complicated process. In a case on...
UK equality watchdog the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has issued new technical...
If you are paid less than a colleague of the opposite sex for doing like work or work of equal...
Managing a sick employee's return to work can be tricky and employers who fail to act fairly risk...
Workplace practices that result in employees being treated less favourably because of their age...
The word 'disabled' may bring to mind a person who is physically incapacitated, but the definition...
Workplace disciplinary investigations require careful handling and employers who fail to act...
It is only too easy for businesses dealing with office politics, poor trading or cashflow...
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) on the face of it imposes a straightforward duty to pay a minimum...
Few employees would say no if offered shares in the companies for which they work. However, as an...
People have all sorts of reasons for choosing not to eat meat, and that prompted an Employment...
Can Employment Tribunals (ETs) or the courts force employers to re-engage employees who have...
Under Section 109(1) of the Equality Act 2010 , anything done by a person in the course of their...
Workplace whistleblowers who act in the public interest by exposing wrongdoing are protected by...
Under Section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 , an employer's duty to make reasonable adjustments for...
In spite of the obvious risks involved, a great many businesses have no choice but to entrust...
If you have been ill-treated at work, Employment Tribunals (ETs) have the power to award damages...
A recent case illustrates that decisions as to whether time spent by a worker who is on call...
In July 2017, Matthew Taylor published his independent review on modern working practices,...
The Employment Rights Act 1996 provides that all employees, whether part-time or full-time, are...
Employment disputes often arise because an employer does not consider that an employee's condition...
Whether discrimination is subliminal or deliberate often makes little difference to the pain and...
Workplace disciplinary proceedings must be thorough, fair and impartial and a failure to meet...
The distinction between employment and self-employment is a continuing source of controversy and a...
Once an employee succeeds in establishing facts that arguably support a finding of discrimination,...
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