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Managing a sick employee’s return to work can be tricky and employers who fail to act fairly risk serious financial and reputational consequences. In a case on point, a company...
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Workplace practices that result in employees being treated less favourably because of their age may be justified if they are a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. However, as...
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The word ‘disabled’ may bring to mind a person who is physically incapacitated, but the definition of the word in employment law terms is far broader than that. The point...
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Workplace disciplinary investigations require careful handling and employers who fail to act fairly are likely to be hit hard in the pocket. That was certainly so in the case of...
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It is only too easy for businesses dealing with office politics, poor trading or cashflow difficulties to take their eye off the ball when it comes to their employees’ rights....
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The National Minimum Wage (NMW) on the face of it imposes a straightforward duty to pay a minimum sum for every hour worked. However, as an important Court of Appeal...
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