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...
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Latest news and views about Employment
RSSThe Agency Workers Regulations – are you ready for them?
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...
Government announces further review of employment law
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...
An employee’s right to request time off for training: what is the legal position?
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...
Government publishes final guidance on Agency Workers Regulations
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...
Net continues to close around mosquito product consultant’s use of information in breach of confidence – Vestergaard Frandsen v Bestnet Europe, Court of Appeal
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...
The Agency Workers Regulations: the key questions employers should be considering
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...
Restraint of trade clause not to set up in business within five miles for 12 months was unreasonable and therefore unenforceable – Tim Russ v Simon Robertson, High Court
TR was an estate agency firm. It required its staff to enter into restrictive covenants that lasted for 12 months following termination of the contract. They included an obligation not to solicit TR’s...
PAYE changes….
HMRC has issued an alert to employers about key PAYE changes coming in this spring.
The changes affect Employer Annual Returns and starter and leaver PAYE forms. From April, employers with fewer than...
Government launches ‘Red Tape Challenge’ in order to reduce unnecessary regulation
The Government has launched today (7 April) its “Red Tape Challenge”, a website-based project aimed at identifying - and scrapping - unnecessary regulations.
The Government is calling on interested...
