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Union warns retail chain against widespread redundancies
...e a string of Employment Tribunals if they announce a huge number of redundancies when new financial figures are released tomorrow (7 Jan).The company has refused to comment on a report that they are poised to announce more than 1,000 job losses across their stores and in head office. The GMB, a union with some 600,000 members, has previously expressed its fear that M&S was gearing up to make big job cuts after a worker was sacked last year for leaking details to the media of planned changes to redundancy payments.Former customer loyalty manager Tony Goode, who was represented by GMB, spoke at t...
News | 6 Jan 2009
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Internships – Are you breaking the law?
...: · Apprenticesundertheage of 19 or apprentices over the · age of 19 who are in their first year of apprenticeship; Individualswhoundertakework experience resulting from government work placements and schemes funded by the European Social Fund; Studentscarryingoutworkexperience under the European Union's Leonardo da Vinci programme; and Workersonahighereducation course where part of the course is work experience, provided this experience does not exceed one year and is required by the course. · · Who is a worker? Key elements in establishing whether someone is a worker include: · whetherther...
Magazine issue | 3 May 2011
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The world in your hands?
... from the controversies surrounding Copenhagen, this winter has seen an escalation in employment strife, among some of the biggest UK brands. Just before Christmas, BA narrowly averted the wholesale grounding of its aircraft due to striking cabin staff by resorting to a legal injunction against the union, Unite, while a Christmas postal strike at Royal Mail was called off after Acas helped broker a temporary deal. On p.24 we examine the background to this recent trend, the legal redress that may be pursued by management or union and explain why employers must react quickly and decisively when strik...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
