Makbool Javaid and Heather Hacking consider the conflict between employees’ right to express themselves and their responsibilities to their employer ‘Although it is a fundamental pillar of a civilised society, even freedom of expression has its limits, so that there is not, and never can be, an unbridled right to offend.’ The battle for freedom …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | October 2012 #123The charity is an organisation working on behalf of the Catholic diocese of Leeds. It provides a number of services to the community at large to promote the relief of poverty and distress. One such service, previously offered, was a voluntary adoption agency that sought to place children with families resembling the Holy Family of Nazareth, ie heterosexual spouses.
A temporary exemption for faith-based adoption agencies from the prohibition on discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation ceased on 31 December 2008. The charity’s adoption service therefore suspended fr...
Businesses are under increasing pressure to adopt international principles protecting workers’ rights, despite weaknesses in the law in individual countries, warns Keith Corkan ‘It is apparent that campaigns by human rights organisations and unions to comply with international labour standards are increasing. Unions are collaborating internationally for such purposes.’Increasingly, multinational companies are being reminded by …
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Ilana Swimer analyses the growing use of anonymity and restricted reporting orders in the employment tribunal ‘In granting any anonymity order or restricted reporting order, the tribunal will need to consider the dichotomy between the media’s right to freedom of expression and to report on matters of public interest on the one hand and an …
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