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Employment Issues
Breastfeeding and Work
Many women decide to continue breastfeeding their babies when they return to
work.
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Inside Employment Issues
Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination at work
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Two women in Northern Ireland have recently been awarded compensation over
discrimination in connection with their maternity leave.
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Temperatures in the Workplace
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
The recent cold snap has led to some queries regarding temperatures in the
workplace.
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Snow and Getting to Work
Thursday, 14 January 2010
We have just had the coldest December in Northern Ireland since 1981.
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Contracts of Employment
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
One of the most frequent violations of statutory employment rights reported to
CAB is the failure to receive a written statement of the main terms and
conditions of employment.
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Time off for study or training
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Certain young people who have not achieved a certain standard in education or
training are entitled to reasonable paid time off work for study or training.
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Sunday Working
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The law governing working on a Sunday is contained in The Shops (Sunday
Trading & c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 which came into effect on 4
December 1997.
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Employing Young People
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
As it’s the Christmas holidays and many young people are looking for part-time
work I thought that I would look at the issues around employing young
people.
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Childcare Vouchers
Monday, 7 December 2009
Gordon Brown announced at The Labour Party conference that he plans to replace
the current childcare voucher scheme with funds directed to nursery places
for two-year-olds in England only.
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Family Friendly Rights
Monday, 7 December 2009
A couple of months ago I wrote an article to update you that the Government
had decided to shelve plans to extend paid maternity leave to twelve months.
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Holidays and Sickness
Monday, 7 December 2009
A couple of months ago I wrote an article to update you on an European Court
of Justice (ECJ) decision on entitlement to accrue paid annual leave during
long-term sick leave.
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Retirement and Age Discrimination
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Since 1 October 2006 the Employment (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
have made it unlawful to discriminate against a worker on the grounds of
age.
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New Vetting and Barring Scheme
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (SVG Order)
has established new safeguarding arrangements in Northern Ireland aimed at
strengthening protection for children and vulnerable adults in workplace
situations.
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Holidays
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Rights to holiday leave and pay are one of the most common employment queries
to CAB.
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New Pay and Work Rights Helpline
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The Citizens Advice run National Minimum Wage (NMW) Helpline for Northern
Ireland which has operated since September 2001 closed at the end of October
2009.
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Maternity leave is proving a thorny issue for Government
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Harriet Harman faced some tough questions at yesterday's Treasury Select
Committee hearing on the City's treatment of women.
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Ten years of fighting hard just to get on Equality terms
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Just a few months ago we saw how racism continues to be an issue in our
community.
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Anti-Racist Workplace Week
Monday, 19 October 2009
This week is Anti-Racist Workplace Week. This is an initiative organised by
the Equality Commission and key social partner organisations consisting of
employers, trade unions and black and minority ethnic groups.
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The NMW and Service Charges, Tips and Gratuities
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Changes to the legislation on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) have meant that
from October 1, 2009 using tips to make up staff pay to minimum wage levels
has been outlawed.
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Redundancy and Maternity
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
It is unfair dismissal and sex discrimination to select a woman for redundancy
because she is pregnant or on maternity leave.
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Paternity Plans Shelved
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
The Work and Families Act 2006 was due to introduce some changes which would
apply to the parents of babies due on or after April 6, 2010.
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