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02 October 2008
What does the advocate-general's opinion on the Heyday case mean?
The recent advocate-general opinion on the Heyday case has met with mixed reviews, some predicting the claim's failure, others that it still...
02 October 2008
Top tips for tackling the 'sickie culture'
The growing use of fake sick notes is making it harder to police sickness absence. A government report issued earlier...
18 September 2008
Tread carefully when drafting restrictive covenants to avoid claims
Post-termination restrictions, or restrictive covenants as they are often known, need to be carefully drafted to reduce the risk of a court finding...
18 September 2008
Top tips for accommodating Sharia law at work
Sharia, the religious law of Islam, impacts on Muslims in the workplace because it regulates all aspects of their public...
04 September 2008
Are global trade unions the shape of things to come?
We are in the first stages of a new world order. Globalisation is on the agenda for both businesses and trade unions,...
03 September 2008
Are age related redundancy schemes discriminatory?
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 present challenges to some traditional approaches to redundancy exercises, especially to selection...
22 August 2008
How far can employers go in protecting pay?
Recent years have seen thousands of equal pay claims filed in employment tribunals against public sector employers. The latest decision from...
21 August 2008
The UK weighs up the arguments for class actions in equality claims
The US has long had a ferociously litigious culture. In the employment sphere, the claims most feared by US employers are 'class actions', which...
21 August 2008
Helping staff to recover from redundancy survivor syndrome
Redundancy announcements are depressingly regular in the current economic climate and it is natural for employers to...
07 August 2008
Soliciting advice from a barrister
Traditionally, an employer or employee who wanted legal representation or advice from a barrister had to instruct a solicitor first. A direct...