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Posted on July 10, 2010
Posted in: discrimination
July 2010: The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 was originally brought in to force to combat the likes of stalkers and similar pests. However subsequent case law suggests that the Act may be invoked to protect employees against harassment … Continue reading
July 2010: Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, all workers have the right to 5.6 weeks paid holiday per annum including bank holidays. For someone working Monday to Friday, this equates to 28 days a year including bank holidays. For … Continue reading
The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 aim to ensure that part-time workers are treated no less favourably in their employment conditions thancomparable full-timers, unless this is justified on objective grounds. Objective Justification: Will depend on the factual circumstances in each particular … Continue reading
An example of ‘bumping’ is when Jo Blogg’s position is redundant, but you ‘bump’ out John Smith from another job, make him redundant instead and slot Jo Bloggs into the position formerly occupied by John Smith. Another example is … Continue reading
When considering whether to dismissal for misconduct, a question that often comes up is how much investigation should the employer carry out first? It’s commonly known that under the ‘Burchell’ test: the employer must establish that he believed the employee … Continue reading
July 2010: Nowadays, most employees get paid directly into their bank account, and don’t notice very often what goes in, and assume that the employer can correctly calculate what they should receive per month. Employers however often get it wrong, … Continue reading
July 2010: Employees have the statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings by a colleague or a trade union representative. The statutory right does not extend to legal representatives or family members. If the employee makes a request … Continue reading
July 2010: The Equality Act comes into effect on the 1st October 2010, with some provisions being delayed till 2011. I will not attempt to summarise all of the provisions of the Act. However Some of the main points to be … Continue reading
July 2010: Under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer has to assess workplace risks for all their employees, and take practical action to control those risks. In addition, employers must take particular account of … Continue reading
July 2010: Everybody encounters a degree of stress at work, and arguably stress in moderation can be a positive thing. Few people would therefore ever want to bring a claim in relation to occupational stress, though such claims do arise. … Continue reading
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