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Education HR e-briefing 536: education institutions risk protective awards for failing to provide detailed information about agency workers

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 5 2013

Redundancy and TUPE protective awards have been made against the employer in two Employment Tribunal decisions: Unison v London Borough of Barnet and

Local Government Briefing Note 5 of 2013 - Equality Act 2010: technical guidance on the public sector equality duty

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 22 2013

Recently, the Equality and Human Rights Commission EHRC published detailed technical guidance for those public sector bodies seeking to comply with

Welcome clarity on sickness and holidays?

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 25 2012

The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in the case of NHS Leeds v Larner this morning

Keeping on track with employment law changes

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 18 2012

It is now nearly two years since the Coalition government took office and in that period an array of employment initiatives and proposals have emerged which impact on education institutions' HR teams

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill update: Headline news but little detail

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 20 2012

We have previously reported the publication of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, legislation which proposes various measures to improve resolution of employment disputes and tribunal reform

Dismissal does not trigger right to a fair hearing under ECHR

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 19 2012

The Court of Appeal has recently handed down a judgment in which it held that Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights (“the ECHR”) and its implications as regards fair hearings did not apply to a dismissal procedure

Red Tape Challenge: Equality Act faces cuts

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 16 2012

As part of its ‘Red Tape Challenge’ which aims to ease the burden of regulations on business, the Government has today begun consulting on proposals to remove certain parts of the Equality Act 2010

Education HR e-briefing 496: The Protection of Freedoms Act recieves Royal Assent

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 11 2012

The Protection of Freedoms Act covers a whole range of issues but, of interest to education institutions, is the amendments it makes to the 'vetting and barring' scheme brought in by the previous Government under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and put on hold by the coalition in June 2010

Sickness and holidays: CJEU limits carry forward rights

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given a ruling confirming that the right for sick workers to carry forward untaken leave under the Working Time Directive only applies to the 4 week minimum leave entitlement given by the Directive

Education HR e-briefing 493: Seldon decided

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 27 2012

As education institutions know, in some situations it may be possible to justify a retirement age