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theHRDIRECTOR INTERVIEWThis issue we speak to David Smith
HR Director for LV=
- HR Technology
- Management Development
- Time Management
- Wayne Cartensen, Capgemini
- Colin Day, iCMIS
- Bob Gibbon, National Skills Academy
- Cathy Monaghan, PES
- Phil Hooper, Ericsson
- Midland HR
- Investors in People
- CASE STUDY: Orange and CM Group
- CASE STUDY: Liberty Living and R&A
- CASE STUDY: Global Integration
February
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Court of Appeal confirms that contract triumphs over status
In James v London Borough of Greenwich, the Court of Appeal held that the mere passage of time is insufficient for a contract of employment to be implied between an agency worker and an end-user. As the only express contractual relationship was with the agency, it was unnecessary to imply a contract between the worker and the end user to give business reality to the relationship, even though Mrs James services had been supplied for 7 years.
Acas to get £37 million as part of employment relations shake-up
Acas, whose aim is to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations, was given a huge financial boost with the announcement this month by Pat McFadden, the Minister for Employment Relations, that they will receive up to an extra £37 million in the shake-up to simplify the dispute resolution system.
Union busters not welcome in the UK says TUC
Tactics used by US employers to keep unions out of the workplace are being increasingly used in the UK as employers here begin to hire firms of union-busting consultants to persuade their workers against the benefits of union membership, according to a TUC report published this month.
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New CIPD guide to help managers prevent conflict at work
The CIPD has launched a new conflict management guide for line managers to help organisations avoid the 350 days a year of management time typically spent dealing with formal disciplinary and grievance cases and employment tribunal applications.
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Over 1million days lost to strikes in 2007
The number of days lost through industrial action exceeded 1m last year for only the second time in the last 10 years as the Government suffered a backlash of anger from public sector workers in particular about job cuts and disappointment about below-inflation pay increases.
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TUC guide to romance in the office
With romance in the air on the 14th of this month, the TUC has urged employers not to ban love from the workplace but instead follow the guidelines in their new online guide, Work Smart - Relationships in the workplace, which it claims will also help employees find out where they stand on love and the law.
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Unfair dismissal - expired warning could be taken into account
In Airbus UK Ltd v Webb, [2008] EWCA Civ 49, the Court of Appeal (CA) has held that a previous decision by the Court of Session in Scotland, in the case of Diosynth Ltd v Thomson, does not give rise to a general principle that, when an employer is determining whether or not to dismiss an employee, it can never take an expired warning into account.
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Two Advocate General's Opinions on leave entitlement while off sick
The Advocate General (AG) has given her opinion in two important test cases waiting to be heard in the ECJ concerning the treatment of the minimum annual holiday entitlement under the Working Time Directive. In a UK case, Stringer and ors v HM Revenue and Customs, her view is that those on sick leave still accrue holiday entitlement, but cannot take entitlement or receive payment in lieu while remaining absent.
