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72% of employees steal corporate data and most believe they’re entitled to do so

24 November 2010 | Mark Weston

72% of UK employees have admitted to stealing data from their employer, according to a survey by Imperva, the security business. The survey showed that employees tend to steal the data by USB stick, personal...

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Over half of employees admit that they would take employer’s property before leaving their employment

1 September 2010 | Mark Weston

52% of employees would steal their employer’s property before leaving their employment. Nearly a quarter would take customer contact details, while a similar number would take stationery. These are the...

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It’s snow joke as trainee accountant is fined for sending bomb tweet after frustration over airport’s snow closure

24 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

A trainee accountant has been the first person convicted of sending a menacing tweet. Paul Chambers sent an impulsive tweet in the early hours of the morning after discovering that Nottingham Airport had...

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Unsalaried positions – what’s the legal position

8 March 2010 | Rebecca Fox | 1 comment

I was surprised when I opened up a popular law weekly magazine to find that a law firm was looking for “highly competent paralegals to work 3 days per week in an unsalaried position to progress to a...

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“Fit notes” to be launched in April 2010

5 February 2010 | Bob Fahy | 1 comment

Following a consultation period between 28 May and 31 August 2009, The UK Government has now confirmed that it intends to replace the current sick note scheme with "fit notes" (or, more formally, "Statements...

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High Court gives wide interpretation to the meaning of employee compensation in patents legislation – Shanks v Unilever, High Court

22 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Under the Patents Act 1977, patents made by employees usually belong to their employer. However, where an invention which receives patent protection is of outstanding benefit to the employer, the employee...

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