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International Women's Day: equality for all?
On International Women's Day, Ali Moran, HR Consultant at Workplace Law, speaks to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about whether women have yet achieved equality in the workplace. | audio | 8 Mar 2011 4:44PM

Holiday entitlement
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) came into force on 1 October 1998, implementing the European Working Time Directive (originally 93/104/EC; now 2003/88/EC). The WTR were amended with effect ... | briefing | 12 Sep 2007 10:03AM

Absence management
Employers are generally aware of their obligations to allow employees a period of paid annual leave. There is, however, a whole range of other situations in which employers will also be required, t... | briefing | 17 May 2010 1:20PM

£250,000 for unpaid overtime of migrant workers
An Employment Tribunal in Cardiff has awarded 14 Polish migrant workers over £250,000 in compensation over unpaid overtime. GMB, the union for engineering construction workers, pursued the c... | case | 16 Feb 2012 10:41AM

Court of Appeal decision on TUPE dismissal
The Court of Appeal has clarified the case law relating to when a dismissal is automatically unfair under TUPE, advises Kevin McCavish, a Partner at Shoosmiths. When there is a relevant transfer u... | case | 11 Jan 2012 1:28PM

TUPE applies to companies in administration
In an important decision for employers facing financial difficulties, the Court of Appeal has held that the provisions of TUPE are not disapplied in the case of company administrations, reports Sal... | case | 5 Jan 2012 9:23AM

Council workers win right to bring equal pay claims
In what has been hailed as a “landmark decision”, the Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling allowing equal pay claims to be heard in the High Court as well as at an Employment Tribunal. ... | case | 1 Dec 2011 12:10PM

Contract perceived as illegal was still enforceable
In a recent decision at the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), it was decided that a contract of employment was still legally enforceable even if the employer reasonably believed that the contract w... | case | 30 Nov 2011 11:27AM

Female Council Workers v. Birmingham Council (2010)
In 2010, more than 4,000 female council workers took Birmingham County Council to the Employment Tribunal over sex discrimination and equal pay cases, as they were not getting paid as much as the m... | case review | 9 May 2011 3:10PM

Fraser v. Southwest London St George's Mental Health Trust
In the case of Fraser v. Southwest London St George's Mental Health Trust, Mrs Fraser went off sick in November 2005. Mrs Fraser was certified as fit to return to work on reduced duties in 2007 but... | case review | 3 Nov 2011 3:26PM

An end to the compensation culture?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 146, 25 August 2004] 25 August 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 146 of your w... | ebulletin | 25 Aug 2004 5:05PM

Who Will Pay for Licensing Security Guards?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 134, 1 June 2004] 1 June 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 134 of your weekly ... | ebulletin | 1 Jun 2004 4:42PM

Budget 2004 – Few Surprises for Employers
[subject - Members E-bulletin 124, 19 March 2004] 19 March 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 124 of your wee... | ebulletin | 19 Mar 2004 4:27PM

Employer Faces £9m Crash Bill, Cyclist Paralysed
[subject - Members E-bulletin 107, 6 November 2003] 6 November 2003 (c) Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 107 of your ... | ebulletin | 5 Nov 2003 4:04PM

How much will pensions cost you?
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 261 13 December 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplac... | ebulletin | 13 Dec 2006 1:43PM

Absence management
The average rate of absence in 2009 was 6.4 days per employee, a decline from 6.7 days in 2007 and a further step in a long-term downward trend, which is to be expected in a cold... | Factsheet | 21 Jan 2008 2:13PM

Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
Heard of Facebook? You'd have to have left the planet not to, as employers and employers' groups have suddenly realised what it's costing their businesses! Surveys around the use of Facebook in wor... | Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007 4:25PM

Countdown to the UK's biggest Compliance event for FM
There are now just seven weeks to go until the UK's biggest compliance event for facilities managers – Workplace Law's 12th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner &... | network news | 15 Feb 2011 4:54PM

Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Spring 2005 Employment Law Update Special Report now available
Workplace Law Publishing has launched the brand-new Employment Law Update: Special Report, Spring 2005 Edition which provides comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative guidance to new and forthco... | network news | 17 May 2005 12:00AM

Pay rises may be deferred say employers
Employers are struggling to fund wages that keep pace with inflation, new pay data has revealed. Although inflation dropped to 3% in April, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIP... | news | 22 May 2012 4:03PM

Equal pay claim could cost Network Rail millions
Network Rail is facing an equal pay claim, which if successful could cost them millions, after it was revealed that female staff earn on average £4,500 less than men doing similar jobs. The ... | news | 18 May 2012 1:06PM

Views asked for new code on pension charges
A new Code of Conduct on the charges made on workplace pensions is being developed to help employers choose the best pension for their staff. The working group that is launching the consultation i... | news | 17 May 2012 8:43AM

Bonus schemes preferred to share ownership
UK workers are not motivated by Coalition-backed employee ownership business models, and instead want greater focus from bosses on a meritocratic bonus culture. While the Government believes growt... | news | 16 May 2012 9:43AM

Sleeping night workers were not on rest break
A recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that workers found sleeping at work were not asserting their right to a rest break. The claimants in this case were employed as wak... | news | 11 May 2012 9:09AM

Self-employed workers to gain additional rights
The EU Directive on equal treatment between self-employed workers (the Directive) came into force on 5 August 2010.  As a result of the Directive, self-employed workers and their assisting par... | news analysis | 11 May 2012 9:19AM

Budget 2012: taxing times
This year’s Budget reinforces and to some extent reiterates some measures the Government put in place last year to achieve growth in the economy. In this News Analysis, Pam Loch reviews some... | news analysis | 27 Mar 2012 10:46AM

A Royal problem: why employers must act now to avoid a backlash on 29 April
With the Royal ‘couple-to-be’ now starting to carry out their first public engagements, it will have been hard to escape the very public focus on the forthcoming Royal Wedding. How... | news analysis | 11 Apr 2011 12:08PM

The 'modern workplace': more flexibility for employees, more headaches for employers?
The Government has today launched a consultation on proposals that it says will make ‘employment practices in the UK more flexible and family friendly’. However, as many employers are a... | news analysis | 16 May 2011 5:55PM

Equal pay for the modern workplace
In May 2011, the Coalition Government commenced a Consultation on Modern Workplaces, looking at proposals to change current UK employment law with a view to encourage a more fair and flexible appro... | news analysis | 13 Jun 2011 10:50AM

Delivering successful automatic enrolment: The Pensions Regulator’s approach to the regulation of employers and schemes
Delivering successful automatic enrolment: The Pensions Regulator’s approach to the regulation of employers and schemes, sets out how the Pensions Regulator will support the Government’... | official guidance | 29 Feb 2012 3:15PM

Working hours and time off work
In this factsheet:  Trends in UK working hours The effects of long hours working The legal position Holidays Special leave CIPD viewpoint Useful contacts References Further reading | official guidance | 1 Jan 2012 4:15PM

Specification for an anti-bribery management system
The UK Bribery Act 2010, which came into force in July 2011, introduced a new offence of “failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery” – leading to a surge in interest... | official guidance | 1 Nov 2011 11:16AM

Maternity, paternity and adoption rights
In this factsheet:  The context for maternity, paternity and adoption rights. Maternity rights. Paternity rights. Adoption rights. Guidance for employers. CIPD viewpoint. Useful conta... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2011 3:17PM

Equal treatment for agency workers: A guide to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010
When the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 came into effect on 1 October 2011, agency workers, for the first time, gained rights to a form of equal treatment; after a qualifying period their basic te... | official guidance | 16 Nov 2010 4:41PM

National Minimum Wage Act 1998
The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 came into force on 1 April 1999. It provides for a single national minimum wage with no variations by region, occupation or size of company. It covers all relevan... | Regulation | 16 Sep 1998 11:19AM

Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999
The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 came into force on 15 December 1999 and established a new right to parental leave and improved existing rights to maternity leave. They have b... | Regulation | 16 Sep 1999 8:02PM

Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 came into force on 1 October 2002 and provide statutory protection for fixed-term employees. The Regulations stat... | Regulation | 16 Sep 2000 8:16PM

Employment Act 2002
The Employment Act 2002 came into force on 8 July 2002 and represented one of the most fundamental employment law reforms for many years. The Act:  made provision for statutory rights to pa... | Regulation | 16 Sep 2002 8:52PM

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations 2006
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) came into force on 6 April 2006 and repealed and replaced the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Reg... | Regulation | 17 Sep 2006 4:03PM

HR and employment law legal update - Monday 5 March 2012
This HR and employment law update, hosted by Suzanne McMinn, HR Consultant at Workplace Law, looks at: The Red Tape Challenge; unfair dismissal; Tribunal reforms; Tribunal fees; statuto... | Video - Legal update | 5 Mar 2012 12:55PM

Weekly news 25 April-1 May 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news which covers fire service managers facing prosecution over four fireman deaths, a union claiming workplace deaths are 'underestimated', the Supreme Court d... | Video - News | 1 May 2012 10:30AM

Weekly news special: April Common Commencement Date
This feature-length Workplace Law TV news features contributions from Suzanne McMinn, HR Consultant, and Renier Barnard, Health and Safety Consultant, on the changes coming into effect on 6 April... | Video - News | 3 Apr 2012 2:08PM

Weekly news 21-27 March 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers proposals to simplify green regulations, a consultation to be launched on the CRC energy scheme, lukewarm reactions to the 2012 Budge... | Video - News | 27 Mar 2012 3:20PM

Weekly news 14-20 March 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news which covers National Minimum Wage changes, consultation on no-fault dismissal, delay to the HSE cost recovery scheme, a fine of £1m for Network Ra... | Video - News | 20 Mar 2012 4:06PM

Weekly news 22-28 February 2012
Welcome to this weeks' Workplace Law weekly news which covers a Government response to a Workplace Law letter on health and safety, energy security recommendations, revised guidance on contaminated... | Video - News | 28 Feb 2012 2:21PM

French reality TV contestants win employment rights
Reality television faces a bleak future in France after contestants who spent 12 days flirting with the opposite sex on a sun-drenched island won the right to be treated as salaried workers. In a g... | what the papers say | 4 Jun 2009 3:20PM

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