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  1. Minor changes to disability discrimination and exams

    Minor changes to disability discrimination legislation affecting people who take exams are to be brought in on 24 October 2008. The Disability Discrimination (General Qualifications Bodies)(Relevant Qualifications, Reasonable Steps and Physical Features)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 specify that:“It is ...

    News | 21 Aug 2008

  2. Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?

    ...onal average ­ 90% workplace law environmental istockphoto.com The CBI has called for changes in the law to raise the threshold for industrial action, and ensure that if strikes occur, disruption is minimised. Trade unionists have responded by lobbying MPs to back the `Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Private Members Bill', aimed at stopping employers overturning strike action in the courts on minor technicalities. Public sector warned on redundancies and contract changes A survey by law firm, Eversheds, has revealed that 90% of respondents, predominantly from the local government and h...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  3. Sweeping changes

    ...) will launch its Construction Leadership Diversity Forum in the summer, following the outcomes of its `Race and the Construction Industry' Inquiry. It is one of a number of measures developed by the Commission with the aim of tackling racism and the under-representation of groups, including ethnic minorities, women and disabled people. According to ConstructionSkills, nationally, the construction industry employs three million people ­ 8% of the entire workforce ­ with only 3% being from an ethnic minority and around 1% of the sector's workforce being women. The senior-level industry forum will ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010

  4. Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?

    ...ments between unions and employers' groups, would entitle temporary and agency workers to the same employment rights as full-time colleagues, including sick pay, holiday pay and benefits. The European Commission pushed for such rights to apply from day one of the temp's engagement, but the UK and a minority of other member states strongly objected to this, forecasting loss of flexibility and jobs. No compromise could be found between the member states who wanted the rights to cut in from day one and those (such as the UK, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland) who felt that a long `grace' period was ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004

  5. The Diversity Dilemma

    ... employers must comply, Pam Loch explains. 44 CLIENT FOCUS: MIND THE GAPS Workplace Law is helping to ensure health and safety standards match the higher educational standards of Newnham College, Cambridge. EmPLoYmENT uPDATE 13 NEWS Racial discrimination in recruitment still exists towards ethnic minorities; and Royal Mail plans to hire up to 30,000 temporary staff not illegal. 22 THREE YEARS OF THE RRO The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 came into force on 1 October 2006. Fire management expert, Peter Reading, discusses its impact so far. 45 END NOTE With the make-or-break Copenhage...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009

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