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From 6th April 2012, a number of changes come into effect: the 1 year qualifying period for ‘normal’ Unfair Dismissal protection increases to 2 years...

  The Government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations for this year’s National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates.   The following rates will...

The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) welcomes yesterday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court (in the case of Joan Eddleston versus the Excess Insurance, MMI,...

The government has admitted that a 2010 act designed to help people gain compensation for industrial diseases is unlikely to be implemented until 2013. The...

An Equity member has accepted £17,500 compensation for substantial injuries to her knee after she tripped on a backstage step that had been added without...

Sally Hawkins needed Equity’s help when she was injured on a film set and the insurance company refused to pay. Sally was filming a ‘fight...

“This was always about getting the company to change a bad system. It was never about the money,” says Jacqueline, an engineer with a rail...

In late 2008 a member of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers was patrolling the school entrance when he noticed a pupil smoking. Following the...

It is possible for a reference to be unfair and yet lawful? The Court of Appeal thinks so. In Jackson v Liverpool City Council, the...