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The Budget and beyond: What’s in store for employment law?

24 March 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

Many of the employment-related measures that were mentioned in the Budget Report yesterday had already been announced by government ministers over the past few weeks (and discussed on this website.) The...

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Equality Act codes of practice will take effect on 6 April 2011

22 March 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

The Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) statutory codes of practice on the Equality Act 2010 will take effect on 6 April 2011. The Equality Act 2010 came into force in October 2010. A revocation...

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Flexible working will not be extended to parents of children aged 17

21 March 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

The Government announced on 18 March 2011 that it will not extend the right to request flexible working to parents of children aged 17 on 6 April 2011 (as had originally been planned.) The right to...

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Government announces reforms to reduce ‘red tape’ burden for smaller businesses

18 March 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Minister of State for Business and Enterprise Mark Prisk revealed government plans to free up to 4.6m micro-businesses from the burden of unnecessary...

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Government amends the draft regulations on abolition of the default retirement age

15 March 2011 | Michael Delaney

In a move to be welcomed by employers, the Government has amended the Draft Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011, which were originally laid before Parliament on 16...

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Dismissal for offensive email sent from home computer was fair – Gosden v Lifeline, Employment Tribunal

8 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Lifeline employed Gosden and supplied him to HM Prison Service (HMPS). Outside of working hours and from his home computer, Gosden sent a sexually and racially offensive email to the home computer of a...

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The Agency Workers Regulations – is your business ready for them?

3 March 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

With the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) coming into force on 1 October 2011, newly-published research by recruitment company Randstad has suggested that many UK employers are unprepared for their...

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Draft regulations on the abolition of the default retirement age have been published… but there’s a problem.

18 February 2011 | Michael Delaney

The Government has laid the draft regulations on the abolition of the default retirement age before Parliament. From 6 April 2011, subject to transitional provisions, it will be unlawful to dismiss someone...

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Right to request time off to train will NOT be extended to employees of SMEs in April 2011

16 February 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

After some confusion, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has finally released a press release today (16 February) stating that the right to request time off for training is not going to...

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MAB employment law events in March

15 February 2011 | Michael Delaney | 2 comments

February has been a very busy month so far for Matthew Arnold & Baldwin’s employment team… and March will be the same. We are hosting and taking part in a number of seminars that look at key...

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Latest news and views tagged Employers

The Budget and beyond: What’s in store for employment law?

Equality Act codes of practice will take effect on 6 April 2011

Flexible working will not be extended to parents of children aged 17

Government announces reforms to reduce ‘red tape’ burden for smaller businesses

Government amends the draft regulations on abolition of the default retirement age

Dismissal for offensive email sent from home computer was fair – Gosden v Lifeline, Employment Tribunal

The Agency Workers Regulations – is your business ready for them?

Draft regulations on the abolition of the default retirement age have been published… but there’s a problem.

Right to request time off to train will NOT be extended to employees of SMEs in April 2011

MAB employment law events in March

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