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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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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has today published guidance on the effect of the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012 on the existing right of shop workers to opt out of Sunday working
Blog Article | Last updated: 02/05/2012 14:06:00
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Following our previous blog covering the Bill's Second Reading in House of Lords last week, the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill received Royal Assent today.
The Bill suspends Sunday Trading Laws in England and Wales from the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 22 July to the end of the Paralympics on 9 September 2012, so that shops with floor space in exce
Blog Article | Last updated: 01/05/2012 15:05:00
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The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 ("the Regulations") came into force on 1st October 2006, making it unlawful to discriminate against current, prospective and former employees or workers on grounds of age. The Regulations were repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010 ("the EqA"), which governs acts of age discrimination committed on or after the 1 October 2010.
Under the transitional arrangements the EqA will also apply to continuing acts of discrimination that started before, and carried on after, 1 October 2010. Tribunal claims in relation to discriminatory acts that took place wholly before 1 October 2010 will still be governed by the Regulations.
Age is one of nine protected characteristics covered by the EqA that has consolidated and harmonised the legislation on disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation also. As a consequence, although most of the provisions set out in the Regulations are replicated by the EqA, and are written in broadly similar terms, the EqA also makes a number of changes and has introduced some new provisions that strengthen the law.
Discrimination HR Resources | Last updated: 30/04/2012 12:43:00
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From 6 April 2011, the statutory default retirement age of 65 was abolished. Consequently, any retirement dismissal taking place on or after 6 April 2011 (and not falling within the transitional provisions below) will constitute direct age discrimination, unless retirement at that age can be objectively justified.
Moreover, retirement is no longer a fair statutory reason for dismissal, meaning employers will have to show that the dismissal of an older worker is for one of the five potentially fair reasons for dismissal and that a fair dismissal procedure was followed.
Termination HR Resources | Last updated: 30/04/2012 11:14:00
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The Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 (the "Regulations") came into effect on 1 October 2002 and implement the European Framework Agreement on Fixed-term Work in the UK. The Regulations apply only to employees employed under a fixed-term contract. They do not apply to "workers" which has a wider definition.
Recruitment & Contracts HR Resources | Last updated: 30/04/2012 10:29:00
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Following our previous blog Draft Bill which suspends Sunday Trading Laws during Olympics and Paralympics, the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords this week.
The draft bill proposes a relaxation of Sunday Trading Laws in England and Wales from the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 22 July to the end of the P
Blog Article | Last updated: 27/04/2012 14:10:00
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The Court of Appeal (‘CA') has recently provided useful guidance in the case of Crawford and another v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust [2012], as to the procedural standards an employer is expected to meet when a disciplinary procedure could have serious career long implications for an employee. The CA took the opportunity to offer guidance as to the appropriateness of suspension duri
Blog Article | Last updated: 26/04/2012 14:39:00
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The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published its Trade Union Membership 2011 report statistics, based upon data supplied by the Labour Force Survey.
This report includes estimates on the ratio of employees and workers who are trade union members, those employees whose pay and conditions are goverened by collective agreements, as well as long term, country and regional tre
Blog Article | Last updated: 26/04/2012 12:46:00
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A recent development in Birmingham City Council v Abdulla (2011) has seen leave granted to Birmingham City Council to challenge the Supreme Court later this year, to decide whether claims can be brought in the civil courts where they will be in time, rather than restrict them to the ET where they will be out of time.
In this case 174 women submitted equal pay claims. The group comprised of cle
Blog Article | Last updated: 20/04/2012 11:37:00
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