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Barrister fined £500 after calling female lawyers ‘hysterical women’

17 February 2022

16 February 2022

A new report from Mencap lays out recommendations towards the current regulations around apprenticeships for people with a learning disability or learning difficulty. Mencap, the...

15 February 2022

The CIPD warns that long COVID remains a pressing concern for employers as it publishes new insights on how organisations can support affected staff. Almost...

14 February 2022

In Mr G Hardy v Topps Tiles plc Garry Hardy, 60, has won an unfair dismissal claim against Topps Tiles after he lost his job...

11 February 2022

In the case of Mr N Quelch v Courtiers Support Services Ltd Nicholas Quelch was dismissed for gross misconduct after refusing to return to work....

10 February 2022

Retail trade union Usdaw represented by social justice law firm Thompsons Solicitors have succeeded in a claim against Tesco in a High Court battle, which...

9 February 2022

The long-awaited Sue Gray report into the parties held at Downing Street during the lockdowns has provided some timely lessons and reminders that companies would...

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New report shows disparity in effect of Covid-19 on older, poorer, lower class and ethnic minority workers

8 February 2022

7 February 2022

A company has been sentenced after an employee of a Powys construction company was fatally injured in Liverpool when he fell six metres through a...

4 February 2022

Employers have duties concerning the provision and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) at work. From 6 April 2022, employers will have to provide PPE...

3 February 2022

In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd, Mrs Allette was employed by Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home as a care assistant between 3 December 2007...

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Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 but will all employees be entitled?

2 February 2022

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