Briefing
6 April 2008: what are the changes to workplace legislation?
On 6 April and 1 October each year – the Common Commencement Dates - legislation affecting the workplace is implemented. So, what changes are being made this April? Conduct of Employment Agen... | briefing | 4 Apr 2008 2:01PM
How green is the new ‘green’ budget?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, delivered his first Budget speech on Wednesday 12 March. It was promised to be the ‘greenest’ budget yet, imposing new pollution restr... | briefing | 17 Mar 2008 11:10AM
Employment Bill 2007: proposed repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures
The Employment Bill 2007 (the Bill) had its first reading on 6 December 2007 and marks the beginning of the end of the somewhat fraught history of the statutory dispute resolution procedures. Among... | briefing | 11 Feb 2008 2:16PM
Employment law: common conundrums
In this briefing Linky Trott, Partner with Edwin Coe LLP, answers some of the employment law questions that crop up frequently in workplaces all around the country, such as:When do I start addressi... | briefing | 18 Jan 2008 10:47AM
Sexual orientation and the workplace
This week Stonewall published its annual Workplace Equality Index, which ranks the top employers of gay and lesbian staff. But what laws do employers have to comply with to make sure they do not di... | briefing | 11 Jan 2008 3:51PM
Case
First conviction for gangmaster licensing offences
A gangmaster in Fife has become the first ever to be convicted under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004. Fiona Clark pleaded guilty to acting as a gangmaster between October 2006 and December 200... | case | 2 May 2008 11:56AM
Employee moved from France to UK by US firm claims unfair dismissal
The EAT considered in this case whether a flight attendant with United Airlines who transferred from Paris to London could claim unfair dismissal despite the fact that she had never worked at her n... | case | 18 Apr 2008 1:36PM
Health and Safety at Work Act: a positive burden on employers?
The first and second defendants were members of a group of companies, of which the third defendant was the managing director. The second defendant owned land on which a car park was being construct... | case | 15 Apr 2008 3:33PM
Teachers working in Europe were not employed in Great Britain
Two teachers working exclusively in European schools for the Department of Education and Skills in Belgium and Holland on successive fixed term contracts which were expressly governed by English la... | case | 20 Feb 2008 10:09AM
Dismissal for illegality not always fair
The EAT has held in Kelly v University of Southampton that, as the University would not have committed an offence under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 by continuing to employ Dr Kelly after he... | case | 11 Feb 2008 3:29PM
Network news
Definitive guidance on the Corporate Manslaughter Act published today
Workplace Law Network has launched the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007: Special Report today, which has been published to provide managers, employers and direc... | network news | 28 Feb 2008 4:19PM
Workplace Law FM Conference - Buncefield
The Buncefield oil storage depot explosion in December 2005 resulted in 40 casualties, damage to residential and commercial premises nearby, and significant environmental pollution.
Today (31 J... | network news | 31 Jan 2007 12:00AM
Workplace Law FM Conference – CDM 2007 Regulations
One of the most fiercely debated and questioned issues at Workplace Law’s 8th Annual Facilities Management Conference today (31 January) proved to be the upcoming Construction (Design and Man... | network news | 31 Jan 2007 12:00AM
Workplace Law FM Conference - Occupational health and absence issues
The idea of managing and investing in occupational health is one that is growing in importance for businesses.
Speaking yesterday (31 January) at Workplace Law’s 8th Annual Faci... | network news | 30 Jan 2007 12:00AM
Workplace Law FM Conference - Changes to building regs Part B (Fire Safety)
Today (30 January), in an informative session at Workplace Law's 8th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference Mark Hillier, Principal Trainer at Butler and Young Ltd, took a look at the... | network news | 30 Jan 2007 12:00AM
News
More information released about right to request training
The Government has released further information about its plans to introduce a statutory right for employees to request time off for training, which was announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown ear... | news | 16 May 2008 10:41AM
New workplace legislation for 2009 - first details
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a series of measures “to build a fairer and more prosperous Britain” that are likely to have an impact on the workplace in the coming year.&nbs... | news | 14 May 2008 3:38PM
Single Equality Bill will be introduced in November
The Government is still planning to introduce the Single Equality Bill in this year’s Queen’s Speech (November 2008) despite a delay in publishing any of the draft clauses for it. ... | news | 14 May 2008 2:50PM
New health and safety bill to increase fines
In a little over a month, a report will be delivered to Parliament on the Health and Safety (Offences) Bill 2007-2008. This Bill proposes large increases in the potential fines for breaches of the ... | news | 8 May 2008 4:38PM
Agency worker law might not protect most agency workers
If agency workers were given the same rights as full time employees after a year - as the CBI has argued for - then three quarters of agency workers would still be excluded from protection, a new r... | news | 8 May 2008 1:21PM
What the papers say
At last: a red tape rant site for small business
OWNERS of small businesses frustrated by bureaucracy now have an alternative to kicking the cat – a new website called www.redtaperants.co.uk . The website, which goes live today, is the brai... | what the papers say | 1 Oct 2007 9:47AM
White paper
The Enemy Within: dealing with employee fraud
Recent statistics have revealed that over £40m is lost every day to fraud in the UK and that 80% of that fraud involves an employee. Couple that with the fact that while many employers may fe... | White paper | 12 Dec 2007 10:23AM
Data Destruction: keeping it confidential
There are many issues surrounding data destruction and disposal. On the one hand, organisations need to ensure that information and data kept on paper and other media (such as magnetic disks and ta... | White paper | 16 Oct 2007 9:04AM
Air Conditioning: a hot topic in your office?
Air conditioning, and specifically its impact on the environment and sustainability policies has, in recent years, become an increasingly important topic of discussion at all levels of business dev... | White paper | 14 Sep 2007 1:55PM
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