Legal News
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Posted 15/09/2009 A new European employment law ruling is to allow workers to reclaim and reschedule allocated holiday time which is disrupted by illness. The European Court of Justice (ECJ)...
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Posted 04/08/2009 Scrapping the formal retirement age could help people avoid becoming victims of age discrimination, experts have stated. According to the Employers Forum on Age (EFA), many company bosses...
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Posted 28/06/2011 Many retirees may contact equity release experts for financial planning advice if they have experienced a decline in their income. The latest Real Retirement Report from Aviva shows...
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Posted 28/07/2009 A professional body in the healthcare sector has called for imminent changes in employment law to be delayed. The European Working Time Directive (EWTD) is set to be...
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Posted 02/02/2012 Hundreds of AstraZeneca employees in the UK could be facing redundancy after the pharmaceutical company revealed it is to launch a major restructuring programme.According to the firm, this...
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Posted 28/11/2011 A study by research company Dr Foster has reported that patients who are admitted to hospital at weekends are 10% more likely to die, due to a shortage...
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Posted 11/08/2009 More and more female employees who fall pregnant could be earmarked for redundancy, experts have warned. According to the Fawcett Society, many employers were breaching employment law by...
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Posted 26/07/2009 David Cameron has suggested that increasing the inheritance tax threshold (IHT) could be delayed if the Conservative Party wins the next general election. Speaking to BBC1’s Andrew Marr...
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Posted 29/10/2013 The Government’s toolkit on employing staff has recently been updated at https://www.gov.uk/employing-staffThis latest edition of a resource first launched in 2012 helps potential employers make sense of important...
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Posted 08/02/2011 New research has discovered that a large proportion of hospital tests are not being followed up by medical staff, potentially leaving the NHS and other authorities wide open...
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Posted 07/01/2010 Companies should heed their legal responsibility to keep their premises safe in icy weather if they wish to avoid compensation claims. This is the advice of Alastair Kight,...
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Posted 23/03/2016 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is consulting on draft recommendations that focus on supporting people with mental health problems as they transition between inpatient...
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