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Remember the nursery rhyme, Ring a ring o’ roses, a pocket full of posies, atishoo, atishoo and they all fall down……
Like a pack of cards, the fall out from the phone hacking scandal continues...
What do flexible working and retirement have in common?
No, that is not the opening line of a bad joke for lawyers!
Both the existing statutory process for an employee to request a flexible working pattern and the now defunct statutory right to request working...
Psychics in the Police – Part III
In a further instalment to the story of Mr Power and his case against the Greater Manchester Police Authority (see part I and part II), Lord Justice Stanley Burnton has, in the Court of Appeal, refused...
Paternity leave – can the Government achieve family utopia?
HR Zone, an online resource for HR professionals in business, has published an article I've written on the impact of the additional paternity leave provisions, which came into force in April 2011, and...
Employer-friendly Tribunal Reforms
Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, today announced the Government's proposals for reforms of the Employment Tribunal system aimed at reducing the burden of employment...
BBC Three Counties Radio Interview
Earier this week, I was interviewed on the BBC Three Counties Radio's Morning: MK show about the impact of the Government's confirmation that the default retirement age of 65 will be scrapped from October...
Overview of the Equality Act 2010
INTRODUCTION
The past 40 years have seen the introduction of statutes and regulations addressing discrimination in the fields of sex and race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age....
Limits on employment tribunal awards will increase in February
Now that the Christmas tree and decorations have been packed away and the overindulgence of food and drink is over for another year, it’s back to business in the employment arena.
From 1 February...
Lonmar Global Risks Limited v West – Harmless misconduct?
HR Magazine recently published an article that I did on the case of Lonmar Global Risks Limited v West & others. The interesting point about the case was that two senior employees were found by the...
Psychics in the Police – Part II
Having established that his beliefs fell within the definition of a religious or philosophical belief that is protected by the Regulations (see my blog from earlier this morning - http://www.mablaw.com/2010/12/psychics-in-the-police-part-i/),...