Monthly Archives: October 2007

Compulsory Retirement

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Usefully Employed

Despite the new Age Discrimination laws, employers can still compulsorily retire their employees at (usually) age 65 so long as they follow a lengthy and mostly pointless procedure. For me, this is another example of why the laws don’t make … Continue reading →

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Discrimination explained through the medium of dreadlocks

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Usefully Employed

In the recent case of Harris v NKL Automotive the Employment Appeal Tribunal had to decide whether or not a Rastafarian chauffeur, Mr Harris, had been discriminated against when he was told that his hair was too untidy for his … Continue reading →

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Ongoing changes

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Usefully Employed

I’m getting all my changes to this blog done now, while no-one’s reading it but me. I’ve just discovered that I’ve picked the exact same colour scheme as the excellent Magistrate’s Blog. He (or is it she?) was there first, … Continue reading →

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UK Holiday Entitlements

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Usefully Employed

So let’s get started! The new increase in holiday entitlements has caused much confusion. It’s bank holidays that cause the difficulty you see. Calling them bank holidays, public holidays, and worst of all statutory holidays gives people the understandable impression … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Usefully Employed

We spend more time at work than we do anywhere else, and let’s face it – sometimes work is interesting, sometimes it’s fun, and sometime we miss it when we don’t go. The other 95% of the time we struggle … Continue reading →

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