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Flexibility in the future

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

After a period of uncertainty the Government has confirmed that the Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 will go ahead as planned by the Labour Government

Don't forget about employee representatives

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

An apparently straightforward sale of a nursing home left the seller with a large bill for protective awards after failing to arrange for the election of employee representatives, as required by the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (TUPE

Coalition plans for the future

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

To make good the Coalition Government's promise to promote a smaller state, the Business Secretary Vince Cable announced new rules to cut red tape, which were applied from September

New in October

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

The big change taking effect on 1 October was of course the implementation of the bulk of the Equality Act 2010, which modernises and consolidates all Britain's equality law

Coalition plans for the future

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 18 2010

To make good the Coalition Government’s promise to promote a smaller state, the Business Secretary Vince Cable announced new rules to cut red tape, which were applied from September

No end to chain of causation

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

In the past few months, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has corrected two common misconceptions about when an employer's liability for loss of earnings stops accruing, once it has been found to be in breach of employment legislation

EAT re-writes sex discrimination law for overseas workers

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 21 2010

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that wives of service men working for the MOD in continental Europe were entitled to bring sex discrimination claims in England, even though the express wording of the Sex Discrimination Act ruled that out

Statutory holidays and long-term sickness: the latest

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 21 2010

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) workers are entitled to take, and be paid for, a minimum amount of annual leave in each leave year

Equality Act update

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 21 2010

The Government Equalities Office has now clarified exactly which provisions of the Equality Act 2010 will come into force on 1 October

Unfair dismissal: back to basics

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 16 2011

The Court of Appeal has confirmed in a recent decision that the fairness of a dismissal must be judged solely by what those responsible for the decision knew (or ought to have known) at the time, even if crucial facts which could have exonerated the employee were known to another member of staff