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Employment Issues

Maternity leave is proving a thorny issue for Government

Harriet Harman faced some tough questions at yesterday's Treasury Select Committee hearing on the City's treatment of women.
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Inside Employment Issues

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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Resolution to disputes over long-term sick leave pay

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Earlier in the year I wrote an article to update you on a recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision on entitlement to accrue paid annual leave during long-term sick leave.
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Unpacking holiday entitlement for staff

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

As we’re in the middle of the summer holidays I am going to use this week’s article to revisit the issue of holiday entitlements.
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Possible reform for employment disputes

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

It is only a few weeks since I last wrote about the dispute resolution procedures to let you know that from April in England, Wales and Scotland the statutory grievance, disciplinary and dismissal procedures were replaced by non-statutory procedures which are discretionary rather than mandatory.
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Anti-discrimination laws in employment

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (FETO) makes it unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of religious belief and/or political opinion in employment and vocational training.
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Working safely in a digital environment

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Display screen equipment (DSE) means any alphanumeric or graphic display screen, regardless of the display process involved.
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Minimum wage marks 10 years

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

This year the National Minimum Wage (NMW) celebrated its 10th birthday.
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The heat is on as we kick start the summer

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

I hope that by writing this article I don’t jinx the current spell of hot weather.
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Sexual orientation discrimination

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 came into force in Northern Ireland in December 2003 and made it unlawful for an employer to discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation in employment.
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EU nationals and their rights to work

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Under immigration law European nationals are nationals of countries which are in the European Economic Area (EEA) and EEA nationals who have the right of admission to and establishment in the UK are known as qualified persons.
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Why talking and driving just don’t mix

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

It is now more than five years since legislation was introduced in Northern Ireland banning the use of hand-held phones while driving.
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How to combat bullying at work

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Bullying may be characterised as “offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour, an abuse or misuse of power through means intended to undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient.”
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Parents’ right to spend time with children

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Parental leave is a family-friendly right available to certain employees so that they can take time off work to look after their children however many people are simply not aware that they may have the right to take parental leave.
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