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Dismissals after the abolition of the Default Retirement Age
Friday, 28 January 2011Dismissals after the abolition of the Default Retirement Age: Is there any age that will be a good age to retire your staff? We recently wrote about the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA) and warned about the fact that the last date to use the current system is 5th April 2011 with a termination date no later than 30th September 2011. With the recent publication of t...
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Repeal of the Default Retirement Age
Sunday, 05 December 2010Repeal of the Default Retirement Age: It is coming soon! The Government intends to repeal the default retirement age (DRA). From next year, compulsory retirement at age 65 or over can be ch...
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Maternity Leave: the Law is Changing
Saturday, 02 October 2010Earlier this year, the Government published the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008. One change, coming into force on 5th October 2008, will require you to change the way you trea...
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LIFO: is there life in the old dog yet?
Saturday, 02 October 2010For very many years, “last in first out” (or “LIFO” for those of you who like acronyms) was one of the main criteria used to select for redundancies. It was objective and simple to apply. The Employ...
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Launch of New ACAS Rules
Saturday, 02 October 2010Grievance and Discipline at work: launch of new ACAS rules In an aim to reduce numbers of cases going to an Employment Tribunal and following the Dispute Resolution Review (DRR), there are changes ...
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Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure
Saturday, 02 October 2010Repeal Of The Statutory Disciplinary And Grievance Procedure: Action! We recently wrote about the repeal of the Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure. The repeal will be effective from 6 A...
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Le Contrat de Travail au Royaume-Uni
Saturday, 02 October 2010De nombreuses entreprises françaises au Royaume Uni vivent sous l’impression que le droit du travail britannique est inexistant. Comparé au code du travail et aux conventions collectives qui s’app...
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Employment Tribunal Statistics
Monday, 19 July 2010Employment Tribunal Statistics: a grim example of how the recession has hit UK employers Every year, the Tribunal Service, which includes the employment tribunals, publishes its statistics. Usually, ...
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Avoid an own goal during the World Cup
Tuesday, 01 June 2010Unless you are completely disconnected from the rest of the world, you will know that the kick off for the World Cup is on 11th June. With matches starting at 12.30, 15.00 and 19.30 (UK time) it is li...
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From Sickness to Fitness
Tuesday, 09 March 2010From sickness to fitness: the new ‘fit notes’ come into effect on 6th April 2010 A new regime for dealing with ill-health in the workplace will come into force next month. As usual its aims are lauda...
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