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The British Airport Authority's (BAA) announcement that in April the UK Border Force failed to meet its target at Heathrow Airport for processing passengers from outside the European Economic Area though immigration.
The target for the Border Force is to process non-EAA nationals in less than 45 minutes for 95% of the time. The worst terminal was Terminal 5 which missed its target 23 out of 3
Blog Article | Last updated: 15/05/2012 17:37:00
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Boris Johnson, in an article in The Telegraph this week suggests that immigration improves the UK labour market using the unusual analogy of English national football only as Boris Johnson could: What football teaches us about creating a thriving jobs market.
He draws a parallel between the international footballers who come from abroad to play in the Premier League elevating the English game an
Blog Article | Last updated: 10/05/2012 15:35:00
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In the case of Konczac v BAE Systems (Operations) Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to decide whether the Claimant's loss was terminated by her refusal to accept a settlement offer of £75,000.
In this case, the Claimant brought claims against her ex-employer for unfair dismissal, disability discrimination and sex discrimination in the Employment Tribunal (ET). The Claimant was s
Blog Article | Last updated: 10/05/2012 09:40:00
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Pensions, parental leave and tribunal reform featured in the Queen's Speech today:
She announced the Government will move forward on the reform of state and public sector pensions, which will take a step forward to a more generous state pension and won't penalise people for saving
Proposals are to be made to allow both parents to share parenting responsibilities by making parental leave more
Blog Article | Last updated: 09/05/2012 16:23:00
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The UKBA is facing fresh challenges to its handling of queues at Heathrow airport after it took up to three hours for travellers to clear passport control this weekend.
Former head of Border Force, Brodie Clark blames the full passport checks introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May last year for the increasing queues. The Union representing UKBA staff blames the publicsector cuts which is resul
Blog Article | Last updated: 09/05/2012 09:55:00
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In the case of Warby v Wunda Group plc, Mrs Warby worked as a sales consultant for Wunda Group plc. A dispute arose between Mrs Warby and her manager, Mr Pugh. There was conflict as to what had been agreed to be her basic salary. Each party accused each other of lying. Mrs Warby stated that her wages had been changed because she was pregnant. Mr Pugh denied this, and then was prompted to ask
Blog Article | Last updated: 04/05/2012 13:43:00
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It's been well publicised that the Late May bank holiday has been moved to the 4th June and that the 5th June has been declared an extra bank holiday to create a 4 day weekend commemorating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
News Article | Last updated: 01/05/2012 14:30:00
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Often both parties are legally represented in employment tribunal claims. However, claimants may represent themselves. The tribunal will assist claimants where necessary in the course of the proceedings but how far should that assistance go?
This Court of Appeal had to consider this issue in the case of John Guest Engineering and Vaio. Mr Vaio successfully won a claim of unfair dismissal and race discrimination against his ex employer following his redundancy.
Blog Article | Last updated: 01/05/2012 09:13:00
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Employment tribunals are a court of law, created by statute to hear and adjudicate employment disputes. They have a wide jurisdiction (which increases as new employment rights are introduced) and hear most employment related cases within the United Kingdom.
There are 12 Regional Offices of the Employment Tribunal within theUnited Kingdom, which administer the employment tribunals in that region. Tribunals are generally based at permanent locations, although some sit on an ad hoc basis, depending on need. (For example, the Exeter Employment Tribunal sometimes sits at Truro.)
Termination HR Resources | Last updated: 30/04/2012 12:23:00
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Redundancy arises when an employee is dismissed in one of three circumstances:
Actual or intended closure of the whole business;
Actual or intended closure of the business at a particular workplace; or
A reduction in the need for employees to carry out work of a particular kind.
Redundancy HR Resources | Last updated: 30/04/2012 10:47:00
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