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Lizards, bats and workers’ rights

This week’s House of Commons debate on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill illuminates the danger of the current government scrapping or watering down employment laws once...

27th Nov 2017
Employment

“The Uber hack” – 57 million accounts compromised?

The $68bn company admitted this week that their systems had been hacked and personal information stolen, in October 2016, and that Uber had paid the...

24th Nov 2017
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Pregnancy and unfair redundancies

A new report by Maternity Action identifies the real difficulties mothers face at work, including the impact of unfair redundancies on pregnant women and new...

10th Nov 2017
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Employment Rights Update – October 2017

With Brexit edging ever closer, we thought we’d sneak in some European Court of Justice decisions for this month, whilst they are still relevant! Both...

03rd Nov 2017
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Unite member compensated following unfair dismissal

An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of Unite member, Alan McIver, in his claim for unfair dismissal. Alan was employed as an Access Bus...

02nd Nov 2017
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Mental Health at Work

Sadly, I deal with many workplace disability discrimination cases and a high proportion of those involve mental health issues. In my experience, employers find it...

02nd Nov 2017
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“March of the Mummies” – a Halloween protest to help working mothers

Today, mummies of the non-ancient Egyptian kind march across the UK to highlight the dreadful treatment of pregnant workers and working mothers. More information can...

31st Oct 2017
Employment

Sexual harassment in the workplace

Following on from the recent allegations made against Harvey Weinstein, just how common is sexual harassment in the workplace? Harassment related to a protected characteristic...

24th Oct 2017
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Misco UK employees have a right to justice

We are offering assistance to ex-employees of Misco UK as a result of the organisation’s recent announcement that it has entered into administration. Misco UK,...

20th Oct 2017