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Monday, 06 September 2010 |
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In a recent case of CIBC v Beck there was an argument that a discretionary bonus should be included in the calculation of a ‘weeks pay’ for the purpose of calculating compensation. |
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Monday, 06 September 2010 |
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In the case of Bashir and Bashir v Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Mr and Mrs Bashir made grievances to NHS grievance panel |
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Monday, 06 September 2010 |
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In the case of Community Dental Centres Ltd v Sultan-Darmon, Dr G Sultan-Darmon, a dentist made a claim for unlawful deductions from his wages. |
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Monday, 06 September 2010 |
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The European Court of Justice has given a wide ruling that most schemes where employees can take salary sacrifice to receive beneficial vouchers eg retail vouchers attract VAT. |
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Monday, 06 September 2010 |
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As the third article we will look at some further Office of Fair Trading guidance on complying with these Regulations. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have produced information on their website drawing attention to the fact that ‘Health and Safety’ is sometimes used as an excuse for not employing someone with a disability when in fact it is unfounded. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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In a recent case (Wedgewood v Minstergate Hull Ltd) an employee was allowed to leave work before his end of employment notice date. When he started a claim at the Employment Tribunal it had gone more than three months past his last day ‘at work’. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that companies can legally stop other companies using its trade marks when an internet user cannot easily tell which company is behind the advertisement. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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As the second article on this new chapter for second hand car dealers we will look at some of the practical steps given in the Office of Fair Trading guidance. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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The Government has announced it will scrap the 65 default retirement age from April 2011 to be phased in over six months until October 2011. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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Vehicle repairers have a very useful tool in their armoury which can allow them, in certain circumstances to withhold the release of a vehicle if payment for the repair is not made. This in legal jargon is called ‘exercising a lien’. |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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We have recently come across a number of problems when dealers purchase cars on trade websites. |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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A second client has successfully defended a claim by Carlyle Finance seeking claw backs of commission. |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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A recent case (Brown v Careham Hall) looked at the possibility of making a claim for an employee finding difficulty in getting new employment as a result of the stigma arising from dismissal. |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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The OFT has published guidance on practical interpretation of: |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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The latest statistics for Employment Tribunals have just been published covering 2009/10. |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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For some clients there may be collective agreements for employees in place. |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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We are reaching the start of the summer holidays and employers are perhaps looking for/being pressured to employ young people. |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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In a recent case (Hunter v Timber Components (UK) Ltd a Director of the employer was intimidating and arrogant towards employees in general. |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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We have seen increasing numbers of clients receiving enquiries from businesses set up to deal with insurance – principally PPI (Payment Protection Insurance). There is no point in shelving the enquiry into a bin and hoping it will go away. |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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It is vital for employers to consider carefully how they apply concessions that they may allow football fans during the world cup. |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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We have had a number of complaints regarding management systems purchased by clients which have performed very poorly, leaving the dealer to suffer the pain and anguish of trying to work round it. |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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A recent case (Salford NHS Trust v Roldan) set down a number of propositions, in cases of dismissal for poor conduct. It is important to bear these in mid when handling such cases. |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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While we are on the subject of the World Cup the Office of Fair Trading have issued a warning about scam ticketing websites. |
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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With the World Cup starting on this month it is important to be thinking now of how you will be playing the World Cup game. |
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