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Posted 08/11/2010 Almost half of the UK’s workplaces have never had a visit from a health and safety inspector, despite the threat this could pose to employees. This is the...
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Posted 10/01/2011 People should have Wills drawn up no matter what their circumstances and marital status, an expert has warned. In an article for Consumer Affairs, Fred Yager said it...
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Posted 26/10/2010 New research has suggested that employers may need to do more if they are to avoid breaching new employment law regarding cancer. According to Cancer Research UK and...
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Posted 12/01/2011 Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has succeeded in her employment law claim against the BBC after it was ruled that the corporation had discriminated against her because of...
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Posted 13/12/2010 The government must not scrap the default retirement age yet, unless it wants to leave British companies open to employment law tribunals. This is the opinion of the...
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Posted 19/03/2010 Women are losing out on executive jobs, despite usually performing better in interviews than their male counterparts. This is the discovery of a new poll by TheLadders.co.uk, which...
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Posted 13/04/2010 Employers who do not follow fire safety regulations could be putting the lives of their employees at risk. This is the warning of insurance company RSA, which has...
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Posted 17/03/2010 A woman has secured £1 million in clinical negligence compensation after she was left with permanent health problems because medics did not spot her cervical cancer. Samantha Burn,...
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Posted 19/04/2010 Research has indicated that large numbers of first-time buyers are currently seeking mortgage advice before embarking on their first steps on the property ladder. A report by unbiased.co.uk,...
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Posted 22/03/2010 The number of business insolvencies in the east of England declined sharply in February, according to a new report. Figures compiled by information services company Experian show that...
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Posted 17/01/2011 Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, a former nurse who now heads the Clinical Negligence team at Ashtons Legal, explains how children’s negligence claims could be better managed. The issue of how...
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Posted 09/12/2010 Business owners have been warned that they could fall foul of employment law if they fail to take depression among their employees seriously. A survey carried out by...
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