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  1. BlackBerries: the issues for employers

    © Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved BlackBerries: the issues for employers BlackBerries: the issues for employers It was revealed this week that US news outlet ABC News has asked its staff to sign a waiver saying they may be required to check their emails from home through their work-issued BlackBerries but will not be paid overtime for it. This has angered unions, which...

    News analysis | 2 Jul 2008

  2. BlackBerries: the issues for employers

    Surely the issue is that employees who are given blackberries (and company phones, cars, laptops etc) are senior people, for whom a bit of extra effort is implied (if not required) in order to meet targets and get bonuses?

    Comment | 7 Jul 2008

  3. BlackBerries: the issues for employers

    I would agree James. In most organisations it is accepted that more senior or responsible members of the team may be required to be more flexible about working hours to do a good job. How on earth would you monitor this overtime anyway?

    Comment | 9 Jul 2008

  4. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network How the 48 hour working week could push employers to the max WORKING TIME SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2009 Issue 44 Interview: Gary Titley, Leader of Labour's MEPs, on the Working Time Directive. Page 20 Navigating the Globe Fire risk as...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  5. Employee Assistance Programmes: worth the effort?

    © Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Employee Assistance Programmes: worth the effort? Employee Assistance Programmes: worth the effort? The issue of sickness absence has attracted a good deal of attention in recent months, with businesses increasingly recognising its effect on productivity, not to mention the personal impact on the people affected, their families and collea...

    News analysis | 16 Dec 2008

  6. Traditional nine to five gives way to the 24/7 office

    A 24-hour office could soon replace the traditional nine-to-five working day as new technology changes the way we approach work. However, according to the Tomorrow's Work Forum this could mean a better work life balance as changes in culture mean that employers have to let employees decide how, when and where they get their jobs done. ...

    News | 22 May 2006

  7. Home computers for employees – tax issues

    With computers proving indispensable in the work environment and having become such an integral part of modern life, it is common for employers to provide their employees with computer equipment to use at home where the relevant computer equipment may be used either partly or wholly for non-work purposes. If an employer does provide a comput...

    News | 15 Dec 2005

  8. A new age?

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network A new age? Time to manage age diversity inside this issue SEP/OCT 2011 Issue 62 Belief system Amanda Trewhella assesses the implications of recent religious discrimination cases. Page 24 Virtual office Out with the old Suzanne...

    Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011

  9. Appeal Tribunal Ruling: Environmentalists are protected by discrimination law

    A senior executive and environmentalist has won the right to sue his employer for discrimination on the grounds of his beliefs about climate change. Tim Nicholson was Head of Sustainability at Grainger Plc until he was made redundant in July 2008.  He claims that one of the reasons for his redundancy was his strong views on the environment an...

    Case | 4 Nov 2009

  10. Is an employee's contact list company property?

    Standard in many contracts is a requirement for employees to return any company property once the employment relationship has terminated. It is also not unusual for employees to be subject to confidentiality clauses which continue post-termination. Senior employees, in addition to an employee’s duty of fidelity, also owe fiduciary duties to their employer and frequently have restrictive coven...

    Case | 2 Jul 2007

  11. Smoking breaks

    Its the comments that are being made that is making this discussion ridiculous actually Glenn, especially Scott's comments of which you agreed with. I work in the finance industry and In all the places I have worked including 17 years with one company that employed 3,000 staff in one building and over 1...

    Comment | 7 Jul 2009

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