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Government to produce guidance on workplace dress codes

29 March 2017

28 March 2017

In the spring Budget, the Chancellor announced that a £5 million fund will be made available for ‘returnships’, to help those returning to work after...

27 March 2017

The Court of Appeal holds that an employer's decision not to wait ‘a little longer’ before dismissing an employee on long-term sickness absence amounted to...

23 March 2017

Resolution Foundation research has found that the number of people on a zero-hours contract hit a record high of 910,000 in the last three months...

22 March 2017

The latest ONS ‘Sickness absence in the labour market 2016’ analysis shows that an estimated 137.3m working days were lost due to sickness or injury...

21 March 2017

The Ministry of Justice have published the tribunal statistics for October to December 2016 which show that 4,355 single claims were received, up 3% from...

20 March 2017

ECJ rules in headscarf ban cases: Achbita - no direct discrimination where rule prohibits wearing of any religious sign; Bougnaoui - a ban cannot be...

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DWP guidance on strengthening the workforce with talent from disadvantaged groups

16 March 2017

15 March 2017

The Lord Chancellor has announced changes to personal injury compensation payments which will lead to a rise in the awards made in courts and tribunal...

14 March 2017

A senior NHS manager who lied about his qualifications in order to gain jobs in the health sector has been given a two-year prison sentence...

13 March 2017

The EAT holds that a part-time employee who was made redundant as she could not work in a role beyond 5.00pm was unfairly dismissed, subjected...

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Government aims to digitise the whole tribunal claims process

10 March 2017

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