UK secures support ‘to block female quotas’
Britain’s bid to block a 40 per cent quota for female representation on the boards of Europe’s listed companies has been bolstered by eight other member states
25 September 2012
Council fined £250,000 after employee records found in bin
A Council whose former employees’ pension records were found in an over-filled paper recycle bank in a supermarket car park have been fined £250,000 for the data breach.
25 September 2012
EHRC against repeal of 3rd party harassment provisions
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has analysed the Government’s proposal to remove the third party harassment provisions in S.40(2)-(4) of the Equality Act 2010.
25 September 2012
Acas to write new Code on Settlement Agreements
Acas has welcomed the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' (BIS) request for it to write a new Code of Practice on Settlement Agreements
25 September 2012
Employment tribunal statistics 2011/12
The Ministry of Justice has published its report on Employment Tribunal and EAT statistics for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012
25 September 2012
Being Alert
As summer starts to come to an end, we take a look at some of the expected key employment law developments in the final four months of 2012
18 September 2012
Discrimination claims brought solely against employee
In Barlow v Stone the EAT ruled that under pre-Equality Act discrimination legislation
7 September 2012
ICO publishes guidance on deleting personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a guidance document
7 September 2012
New CRB identity checking guidelines
On 28 May 2012, the Criminal Records Bureau introduced new identity checking guidelines to make it more difficult for
7 September 2012
Review on apprenticeships for small businesses published
Following publication of Jason Holt’s review, ‘Making apprenticeships more accessible for small and medium-sized enterprises
7 September 2012