The HR Blog
"Employment law developments, new legislation, severance advice."
Author: Solicitors in the employment law department of Pannone, which has three offices in England: Manchester, Alderley Edge, and Hale. Lawyers from the firm also author The Personal Injury Blog and The Family Law Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • International • Europe • United Kingdom • Partner
Recent Posts from The HR Blog
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Associative Discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgment on the case of Coleman v Attridge regarding the issue of associative discrimination. The EAT has upheld the tribunal's decision to reinterpret the Disability Discrimination Act to…
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Bullying allegations at the Tower of London
It has been reported that two male yeoman warders, or "beefeaters", at the Tower of London have been suspended following allegations of bullying and harassment by a female colleague, and a third is currently under…
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Employers Forced to Offer Flexible Working
Yvette Cooper, work and pensions secretary has announced that she wants employers to offer better part-time jobs. In addition, job applicants would be able to request flexible working when applying for a job, rather than…
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Mother to be makes racist demands
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) are looking into the situation which arose at Milton Keynes Hospital in Buckinghamshire. It is reported that a mother about to undergo a caesarean section objected to…
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Equality laws making things worse?
There have been comments recently that increasing rights and additional legislative protection for women are having the opposite result to the one wanted. In a bid to address inequality the government has improved maternity rights…
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Implementation of Agency Worker Directive Delayed
The Government has launched a further consultation on draft regulations to implement the EU Agency Workers Directive into domestic law. The Government is said to be 'committed' to implementing the legislation by the end of…
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Race Discrimination: widespread bias against ethnic sounding names
A recent sting operation conducted by researchers at the National Centre for Social Research (NCSR) on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has uncovered widespread bias amongst employers against ethnic names. NCSR…
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Employment Status: Court of Appeal decision on sham employment contracts
The Court of Appeal has held that a group of 20 car valets employed under terms and conditions that professed them to be self-employed were, in reality, employees. Although the contracts contained terms inconsistent with…
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Baroness Scotland fined for employing illegal immigrant
The recent and well publicised case involving Baroness Scotland serves as a reminder for all employers to ensure they check (and in some cases re-check after 12 months) and copy documents showing that their employees…