This morning I saw a very strange story in the Daily Mail. It claims that Matthew Hancock, the Business Minister has vowed to block a proposal that would mean the price of rubber gloves would soar…Read more…
Family Friendly working in 2014 – How are we doing?
24 November 2014
By Michelle Singleton, Assistant Policy Officer at UNISON.
Since 1998 there have been great improvements that have transformed family friendly policy and childcare provision,…Read more…
Breaking the law? Today’s peaceful #NHSstrike pickets could be illegal by next year
NHS workers are taking strike action across the country today, in protest at six years of pay freezes and the growing funding crisis in the health services they work to sustain. Peaceful pickets are…Read more…
Legislating without reason – the government’s plans for employment agencies
17 November 2014
By Sonia McKay, Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at London Metropolitan University.
The Coalition government plans to change the law covering employment agencies,…Read more…
Pensions dispute: Bullying tactics violate workers’ human rights
11 November 2014
By Professor Alan Bogg, University of Oxford and
Professor K D Ewing, King’s College London.
How should workers respond to bullying and intimidation tactics used by employers…Read more…
Article 8: Right to respect for private and family life (The implications on unfair dismissal)
7 November 2014
By Michael Ford QC, Old Square Chambers
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POSTPONED: Lock v British Gas
6 November 2014
By Camilla Belich.
The Leicester Employment Tribunal is due to consider the CJEU decision on commission payment during holiday this February.
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