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Posted 14/11/2013 Employers could be forced to pay out billions in backdated holiday pay claims following an Employment Tribunal ruling.An Employment Tribunal has held that overtime pay must be included...
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Posted 16/06/2011 Significant changes to employment law areas such as the extension of paternity rights and the abolition of the default retirement age should not apply to less-sizable companies. This...
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Posted 10/08/2010 Victory was struck for small time landlords when HM Revenue & Customs were forced to back down over their challenge of tax deductions for repairs that were part...
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Posted 25/05/2011 A change in employment law that would require firms to have a set number of women at boardroom level should be considered by the government, according to one...
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Posted 26/06/2011 Many Somerset County Council employees are speaking out against redundancy payment cuts. Under employment law, some workers who are set to lose their jobs will only be entitled...
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Posted 20/09/2010 A man who sought the assistance of dispute resolution solicitors after encountering a problem with buying his council property is celebrating a legal victory. Paul Taylor, 61, applied...
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Posted 07/09/2010 Anyone consider buying a business could consider taking on shareholding partners as a way of preventing debt. This is the opinion of Luke Johnson, owner of Risk Capital...
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Posted 21/07/2011 A new report suggests that under employment law, parents should be able to access a Carer’s Account that may allow fathers to take a greater amount of paternity...
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Posted 23/08/2010 Last weekend the News of the World re-ran the old story “Lawyers bleed the NHS” for millions in legal costs and expert fees in clinical negligence cases”. According...
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Posted 20/09/2010 Business owners could be encouraged to make their own acquisitions following news that internet giant Amazon is keen to take over Lovefilm. According to reports, the company wants...
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Posted 05/07/2011 A Harrods sales assistant may wish to make a claim under employment law after she was allegedly driven out of her job for failing to wear makeup. Melanie...
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Posted 08/09/2010 A clinical negligence claim against a hospital has been launched by a woman whose husband died following what should have been a routine operation. Kevin Frankitt-Meek went into...
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