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  • 11 July 2016
  • Employment

Collaborators are winners. Is your organisation collaborative?

Collaboration is undoubtedly now seen as a critical component of business relationships , through joint ventures, supply chains, and networks. HR can enhance collaborative by building bridges and asking for help.

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  • 08 July 2016
  • Employment

Settlement negotiations under section 111A ERA ruled to be inadmissible in Tribunal proceedings

Since 29 July 2013, parties have been able to use s.111A to ensure pre-termination settlement negotiations for unfair dismissal claims are inadmissible in any subsequent Tribunal proceedings.
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  • 08 July 2016
  • Employment

Ex-employee ordered to delete confidential information stored on personal devices

To guard against the risk of confidential data ending up in the wrong hands, employment contracts should clearly set out the employee's obligations on termination.

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  • 05 July 2016
  • Brexit

Industrial relations in a post-Brexit Europe

Brexit will be negative for UK unions as they will face difficulty in urging legal reforms on a relatively unreceptive UK Government; however union structures and agreements vary a lot around the EU. HR professionals must promote and protect the advantages of UK employment laws and practices.Unionised UK businesses will wonder what the future holds for UK unions if, as expected, the UK exits the EU and its relatively socialist model of employment relations.
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  • 01 July 2016
  • Corporate and M&A

Court of Appeal confirms no oral variation clauses are not binding – again

The Court of Appeal has again – this time in the case of MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited –v- Rock Advertising Limited, confirmed that parties will not be bound by a clause in a contract purporting to provide that oral variations will be ineffective.
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  • 01 July 2016
  • Employment

Star Wars producers feel the force of the Health and Safety Executive

To protect your business from facing health and safety investigations, employers must take necessary steps to ensure their workers' safety. Foodles Production (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of Disney, responsible for the $2bn grossing Star Wars film ‘Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens’ (released in 2015) is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive regarding an incident involving Harrison Ford during filming.
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  • 01 July 2016
  • Immigration

The Supreme Court holds that the abuse of migrant domestic workers is not race discrimination

Employers must understand and articulate the reason for an employee’s treatment in a potential direct discrimination claim and should think carefully about why they might be treating a member of staff differently.

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  • 01 July 2016
  • Employment

Employment tribunal fees preventing access to justice

Employee tribunal fees have had a negative impact on early conciliation between parties with employers having little incentive to settle in circumstances where the Claimant may struggle to pay the fees. It is recommended that fees should be reduced or replaced.
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  • 01 July 2016
  • Employment

ACAS Code does not apply to SOSR dismissals

The Phoenix House Ltd v Stockman & Anor case highlights the difficulty in dismissing fairly for a breakdown in the working relationship.
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  • 01 July 2016
  • Employment

Ordering reinstatement on reduced duties can be permitted

A tribunal has no power to order reinstatement on terms which alter the contractual terms of employment but it can recognise external factors beyond the employer and employee’s control which limit the employee’s scope of work.
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  • 24 June 2016
  • Construction

EU Referendum: Where does the “Brexit” leave the construction industry?

We now have the results of the EU Referendum confirmed: the UK has voted to leave the EU, by 52% to 48%. In the immediate, sterling has tumbled and the stock markets have plummeted. The question now is what impact this will have on the construction industry.
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  • 17 June 2016
  • Employment

Religiously motivated attacks on apprentice dismissed as ‘workplace pranks’ by perpetrators

Attacks made on a young Christian apprentice were dismissed by the perpetrators as "workplace pranks". A clear anti-bullying policy must be enforced to keep criminal acts to a minimum.

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