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Restrictive Covenants

If you are a senior executive, director or senior manager you are likely to have post-termination restrictive covenants in your contract of employment.  These contractual...

22nd Feb 2016
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Employment Rights Update – January 2016

In the first update of 2016 we consider cases on penalty clauses in Settlement Agreements and taxation of injury to feelings awards. Cavendish & Beavis –...

29th Jan 2016
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Winter Safety in the Workplace

Each year, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) takes many enquiries from members of the public and employers about staying safe during...

15th Jan 2016
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Zero Hours Contracts changes from today

With effect from today if employers subject a worker to a detriment or dismiss an employee because he or she has ignored an exclusivity clause...

11th Jan 2016
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UK Chief Executives earn 188 times the national minimum wage

A report by the High Pay Centre shows that the FTSE 100 Chief Executives earn on average £1,260 per hour in comparison to those on...

08th Jan 2016
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Employment Rights Update December 2015 part 2

Reasonable Adjustments – Griffiths v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The Claimant was absent from work over a period of time, in consequence...

23rd Dec 2015
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Employment Rights Update – December 2015

In this edition we look at the latest European decision on expression of religious beliefs, ET rules and Early Conciliation and the thorny issue of...

09th Dec 2015
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Fresh call by MPs to review tribunal fees

In a Westminster Hall debate, MPs have argued that employment tribunal fees are undermining employee rights and having a “punitive” effect by preventing thousands of...

04th Dec 2015
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Religion vs the Secular State

In Ebrahimian v France, the European Court of Human Rights has delivered a powerful blow against the individual’s right to manifest their religious beliefs. Ebhrahimian was...

30th Nov 2015