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Lawyers warn of legal battles over retirement
With the UK feeling the effects of the credit crunch, a recent CBI report has highlighted that one in three people are putting off retirement. However with an increase in staff wishing to work past the age of 65, Glovers solicitors is warning employers that they must ensure they act correctly when dealing with these requests, to avoid being faced with age discrimination claims.“At the moment the default retirement age is 65 and employers do not have to grant employees’ requests to continue working beyond this age,” explains Sik...
News | 17 Oct 2008
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Survival of the fit note?
... its aims to make the UK a 'zero waste' economy; and the HSE explores relationship between the woodworking industry and nasal cancer. 27 14 CASE LAW Employee refused time off to visit mosque was not discriminated against; and former intern wins right to pay. 34 27 UNRESOLVED ISSUE? The Employment Lawyers Association has some key concerns on the proposals in the Government's Resolving Workplace Disputes Consultation. EAT: The legal implications of dismissing illegal migrant workers are in the spotlight following two recent cases. 1. Classroom 1821 July 2011, London 2225 August 2011, London 19...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
...slation, designed to protect people from major hazards, has been extended inappropriately to cover every walk of life, no matter how low risk. "A damaging compensation culture has arisen, as if people can absolve themselves from any personal responsibility for their own actions, with the spectre of lawyers only too willing to pounce with a claim for damages on the slightest pretext. "We simply cannot go on like this. That's why I asked Lord Young to do this review and put some common sense back into health and safety. And that's exactly what he has done." The TUC said the report was a "grave disappoi...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Open for Business
...ng it clear that we reserve the right to reassess them in the event of a Conservative 4 victory at the forthcoming Election." 19 A look through the crystal ball As well as the policies the parties are keen to publicise, there are also changes they may not be so keen to shout about. Top employment lawyers speculate on the changes they think could happen. Philip Hyland, PJH Law: "If the Tories win, I expect the unfair dismissal compensation, National Minimum Wage and statutory redundancy payments limits to be at worst frozen and at best increased below the rate of inflation." Charles Pigott, Mills & ...
Magazine issue | 4 May 2010
