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Need a compromise agreement? Need urgent advice about a situation with your employer? Our team is here to help. Expertise includes tribunals and civil court representation, discrimination, including advising on compensation for senior female employees with sex discrimination issues and race discrimination, whistle blowing and severing restrictive covenants.

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Michael Delaney
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michael.delaney@mablaw.com

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What do flexible working and retirement have in common?

2 June 2011 | Bob Fahy

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...

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Franchisee responsible for wrongful misuse of data by its employee but franchisor rights let down by poor contract wording – MMP v Antal, High Court

25 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Antal and MMP entered into a franchise agreement for MMP to operate a recruitment agency as one of Antal’s franchisees. One of MMP’s employees had a relationship with one of the candidates whom she...

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Government proposes more flexibility for employees

18 May 2011 | Michael Delaney

The Government has published a consultation paper, entitled Consultation on Modern Workplaces, which puts forward proposals for creating “a culture of flexible, family-friendly employment practices”...

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Psychics in the Police – Part III

18 May 2011 | Bob Fahy

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...

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The Agency Workers Regulations – are you ready for them?

17 May 2011 | Michael Delaney

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come into force on 1 October 2011, and employers must ensure that they are prepared for them. I have written an article, published in May’s edition of Workplace...

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Government announces further review of employment law

13 May 2011 | Michael Delaney

On 11 May, the Government announced that it will extend its ongoing review of employment law. This forms part of the Government’s current review of employment red tape. The areas under consideration...

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An employee’s right to request time off for training: what is the legal position?

10 May 2011 | Michael Delaney

I was recently asked to provide an answer to an employment question posed in Jonathan Moules’ ‘Business Questions’ column in The Financial Times newspaper, which appeared in the Saturday 7 May 2011...

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Government publishes final guidance on Agency Workers Regulations

10 May 2011 | Michael Delaney

The Government has published its final guidance on the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, which come into force on 1 October 2011. The guidance aims to help employers and the recruitment sector prepare...

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Net continues to close around mosquito product consultant’s use of information in breach of confidence – Vestergaard Frandsen v Bestnet Europe, Court of Appeal

6 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Vestergaard developed a mosquito net. Two employees left to set up their own company, Bestnet. Bestnet developed a rival product. Vestergaard engaged Dr Skovmand as a consultant, but he defected to join...

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The Agency Workers Regulations: the key questions employers should be considering

6 May 2011 | Michael Delaney | 1 comment

The Agency Workers Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2011. These Regulations will introduce some very important changes to the rights of agency workers. I have already hosted and taken...