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Ten years of fighting hard just to get on Equality terms
As businesses across Northern Ireland take part in anti-racist workplace week campaign, Evelyn Collins, chief executive of the equality commission, talks about how they are changing life
- Maternity leave is proving a thorny issue for Government
- Anti-Racist Workplace Week
- The NMW and Service Charges, Tips and Gratuities
- Redundancy and Maternity
- Paternity Plans Shelved
- Resolution to disputes over long-term sick leave pay
- Unpacking holiday entitlement for staff
- Possible reform for employment disputes
- Anti-discrimination laws in employment
- Working safely in a digital environment
- Minimum wage marks 10 years
- The heat is on as we kick start the summer
- Sexual orientation discrimination
- EU nationals and their rights to work
- Why talking and driving just don’t mix
- How to combat bullying at work
- Parents’ right to spend time with children
- Discrimination at work
- D-day for disciplinary and dismissal codes
- When will flexible working changes be introduced here?
- Take more time off, it’s the law
- All employers must pay minimum wage
- Addressing injuries in the workplace
- Taking time off for dependants
Can firm use temporary staff to help it thwart strike action?
Question: I’ve been reading the press reports about Royal Mail’s plans to recruit 30,000 temps to deal with a backlog of mail caused by striking employees. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) claims this is illegal. My organisation may be facing its own strike soon and we had planned to ‘plug the gap’ with agency temps. So what is the position?
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