Redundancy consultation under the Statutory Procedures

• Monday, 13th March 2006
• The EAT has handed down an interesting Judgment in the troubled area of how a redundancy dismissal is expected to comply with the statutory “Dismissal and Disciplinary Procedure”.
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Age discrimination

• Friday, 10th March 2006
• The DTI published the new Age Discrimination Regulations – as predicted the retirement age is dealt with.
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Women and Work Commission – no compulsory equal pay audits

• Friday, 3rd March 2006
• This week the Commission on Women and Work published its long awaited report
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Retirement at 65?

• Friday, 24th February 2006
• After all the debate over the last 2 years over the new age discrimination legislation, the European Court of Justice has now thrown a spanner in the works.
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“I resign!” - You’ve breached my statutory rights

• Friday, 17th February 2006
• Does it mean that all breaches of a statutory right entitle an employee to resign.
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Summary of the DTI’s proposals to extend parental rights

• Thursday, 9th February 2006
• The DTI has responded to the consultation on the proposed extension of ‘family friendly’ rights within the work place.
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Government gives ground on Working Time

• Wednesday, 8th February 2006
• The 48 hour limit on weekly work.
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Disciplinary warnings – when they’ve gone, they’ve gone

• Friday, 3rd February 2006
• We all know that disciplinary warnings must have a time limit on them and once this has past, the warning expires. But does this mean they are then obsolete?
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Revised TUPE regulations due on 1st April

• Friday, 27th January 2006
• A quick reminder that the amendments to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations are due on 1st April.
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The right to request flexible work – it now bites

• Thursday, 19th January 2006
• A major move of employment legislation in favour of employees.
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