Employment and HR

• Collective Redundancy Consultation – Draft Regulations Published

  • Posted11 February 2013

  The Government has published the draft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013, which makes changes to the rules relating to collective redundancy consultation. Where...

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• Whistleblowing Partner Not Protected, Rules Court of Appeal

  • Posted8 February 2013

  A ‘worker’ who acts as a ‘whistleblower’ – disclosing breaches of the law – receives statutory protection under the law if he or she suffers detrimental treatment as a result...

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• TUPE – Service Provision Changes and Single-Purpose Agencies

  • Posted25 January 2013

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that not all of the employees of a single-purpose operation offering services to vulnerable people needing support with housing matters formed part of...

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• Absence from Work Due to Bad Weather – Where Do Employees Stand?

  • Posted24 January 2013

  With snow and ice covering parts of the UK at the moment (as well as flood warnings in some areas and an expectation of further wind and rain in the...

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• TUPE Changes – Government Launches Consultation

  • Posted18 January 2013

  The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations 2006 extended the scope of the protection available to employees when a business or undertaking changes hands and aimed to provide...

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• ECHR Rules on Protection of Political Beliefs

  • Posted17 January 2013

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that United Kingdom legislation is deficient as it does not protect employees, including those with less than one year’s service, from...

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