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Posted 21/10/2010 The majority of the European Parliament has backed draft proposals that would see maternity leave extended. Currently, British employers are required under employment law to pay pregnant women...
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Posted 02/12/2010 Businesses across the UK have been warned they must comply with employment law surrounding temperature after a retailer was prosecuted for keeping its working conditions too cold. Carlisle...
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Posted 18/10/2010 A man who said he was offended by a nickname he was given at work as a result of his disability has been awarded compensation by an employment...
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Posted 10/12/2010 A City banker has been awarded £375,000 after a court agreed he had been discriminated against on the grounds of his nationality when applying for a promotion. An...
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Posted 10/03/2010 Pensions have been rated as the most important perk in the workplace by a survey of employees. The research carried out by the National Association of Pensions Funds...
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Posted 16/03/2010 Employers who are allowing young people to work for free as part of work experience have been criticised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Internships were once used...
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Posted 16/03/2010 It has been predicted that there will be more than 150,000 cases of insolvency in the UK by the end of 2010. The estimates come from insolvency trade...
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Posted 18/03/2010 A woman who was left with permanent brain damage after undergoing surgery for gallstones has been awarded a landmark compensation payout. Grannia East, now 44, went into the...
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Posted 12/10/2010 Businesses could face more employment law tribunals after it was found that the gender pay gap in Britain is still not being addressed. A survey carried out by...
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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 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 13/04/2010 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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