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By Rita Nissiphorou in In the News on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
It has recently been reported that teachers often find themselves falsely accused of violence or even indecent behaviour towards their students, by their students! Motive for such accusations appears to be malice or even a form of ‘pay back’ for disciplining these students. The irony being that... read more
By Elizabeth Hughes in In the News on Saturday, June 27, 2009
According to news reports, trainees at international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, learned they were not being retained by the firm, following completion of their 2 year training contract, after HR managers left messages with the bad news on trainees' answering machines. ... read more
By Emma Cross in In the News on Monday, June 22, 2009
Wildcat strikes have spread across Britain today. According to the Times website, around 2,000 workers from refineries, gas plants and nuclear sites joined in the strikes and failed to turn up for work today in unofficial industrial action. The striking employees are angry that... read more
By Elizabeth Hughes in Reward, Pay and Benefits on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has announced that using tips to make up staff pay to minimum wage levels will be outlawed from 1 October 2009. The government published a consultation paper in November 2008 on its proposal to prohibit service charges, tips... read more
By Elizabeth Hughes in In the News on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Network Rail Pays Off Staff in Sex and Race Discrimination Cases Network Rail is a publicly-funded firm which owns Britain’s rail system. It is believed to have made pay-offs to a number of members of staff who made claims, including race and sex discrimination, against one of the firm’s... read more
By Fiona Hamor in New Employment Law on Friday, April 3, 2009
The statutory dispute resolution procedures will be repealed from 6th April 2009, together with section 98A of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The statutory procedures will be replaced by a new ACAS Code of Practice on discipline and grievance and employment tribunals will be able to... read more
