20 articles over 4 pages
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Are you affected by the new Agency Workers Regulations?
08 November 2011The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 came into force on 1 October 2011 and apply to agency workers who do temporary work through temporary work agencies.
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Government makes it more difficult to bring claims
08 November 2011The Government has announced that the qualifying period for the right to claim unfair dismissal will be extended from one to two years on 6 April 2012.
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Rawlison Butler LLP expands Employment Team with Brian Palmer hire
10 October 2011Leading South East law firm Rawlison Butler LLP is pleased to announce that Brian Palmer has joined its highly rated Employment Team as a Partner. Brian joins from Fladgate LLP in London, where he was Head of Employment. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Charles Russell for nine years.
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Government announces next steps in review of employment law
13 May 2011The Government has announced that collective redundancy consultation periods, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations and discrimination compensation awards are to be included in its review of employment law. The Government will start reviewing these areas this year.
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When is the scoring in a redundancy process unfair?
13 May 2011The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that when assessing the fairness of selection for redundancy, the marks awarded in the selection exercise should only be investigated in exceptional circumstances such as bias or obvious mistake. Tony Hyams-Parish considers this decision.