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Drop in applications for union recognition

28 July 2011

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28 July 2011

Employment transferred under TUPE

Mr Marcroft was employed by PMI Health Group Ltd PMI in the commercial insurance department He resigned and his notice expired on 26 October 2009...

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28 July 2011

Interim relief order overturned

In certain types of unfair dismissal case including those involving public interest disclosures a tribunal can grant the employee interim relief by making an order...

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28 July 2011

Insistence on compromise agreement did not breach contract

A collective agreement in place between Mirror Group Newspapers and the British Association of Journalists the terms of which were incorporated into individual contacts of...

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11 July 2011

Adjustment to selection criteria not reasonable

In Lancaster v TBWA Manchester the EAT held that the employer was not in breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled...

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11 July 2011

Employer liable for third party harassment

In Sheffield City Council v Norouzi the EAT ruled that the Council was liable for acts of racial harassment carried out by a child in...

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11 July 2011

Employers need to manage older workers better

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development CIPD has published a new survey demonstrating that older workers are often neglected when it comes to training...

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New public sector equality duties

11 July 2011

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11 July 2011

CIPD updates guide on international culture

In Lancaster v TBWA Manchester the EAT held that the employer was not in breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled...

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11 July 2011

Tribunal statistics published for 2010/11

Statistics published by the Tribunals Service for the period from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 show that the number of claims overall has...

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23 June 2011

Employer liable for negligent misstatement in e-mail

In McKie v Swindon College the High Court ruled that an ex employer was liable to one of its former employees for the civil wrong...

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Effect of collectively agreed terms following TUPE transfer

23 June 2011

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