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Agency Workers: Temporary measures
Mark Levine and Jennifer Millins examine the new rights to which agency workers will be entitled from this October ‘Agency workers can bring a claim in the employment tribunal against the agency and/or the hirer if their right to equal treatment under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) has been infringed.’ The Agency Workers Regulations …
Employment Tribunals: A shotgun marriage
The proposed merger of the courts and tribunals could make current dissatisfaction with the service even worse, argues Stephen Levinson ‘There really seems little substance to the idea that users are having difficulty accessing the system. If anything, a cynic might suggest that recent government rhetoric makes it more likely that the policy over the …
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Team Moves: Tide turns in poaching case
A firm of insurance brokers has failed in its claim against a group of employees who joined a rival firm, reports Gary Freer ‘In Lonmar Global Risks v West & ors, in alleging that the team members should have disclosed to it what each knew of the intentions of the others to leave and join …
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Age Discrimination: Time is money
David von Hagen looks at a recent EAT decision on whether employers can justify dismissing a worker to avoid paying enhanced pension benefits ‘In Woodcock v Cumbria PCT, Underhill J said that the adoption of the costs plus rule tends to involve parties and tribunals in artificial game playing, including one of “find the other …
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Social Networking: Virtual misconduct
The surge in the popularity of websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn has brought with it new risks for employers, warn Andrew Taggart and Sarah Hitchins ‘If an employer is considering taking action against an employee for bringing the company into disrepute as a result of online activities, it should consider the impact and …
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Fair Pay Review: Multiple problems
Keith Corkan summarises the findings of Will Hutton’s interim report on public sector pay ‘A recurring theme of the Hutton report is the influence of many features of private sector remuneration on the public sector.’In early December, Will Hutton, the former head of the Work Foundation, issued his interim report on pay in the public …
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