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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...
Government amends the draft regulations on abolition of the default retirement age
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...
Default retirement and company share schemes
I was asked by the Financial Times newspaper to respond to a question on the abolition of the default retirement age and its effect on company share schemes. The question and my response to it appeared...
BIS publishes the Employer’s Charter
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) published the Employer's Charter on 27 January.
According to the Charter, which is designed to remind employers of their legal rights and to...
Impact of the abolition of the default retirement age on employees’ terms and conditions
The Coalition Government produced a consultation document in July 2010 entitled Phasing out the Default Retirement Age. The document sets out the Government’s view that “everyone should have the freedom...
Death and taxes
Sorry for the cliched title, but I wanted to talk about things that are inevitable facts of life. Death, taxes, old age, buttered side down toast dropping seem to top the list of the most worrisome.
Something...
What should employers expect in 2010?
The Equality Bill
The Equality Bill, which will harmonise and strengthen discrimination law, is expected to receive Royal Assent in April 2010, with the majority of its provisions coming into force...