BERR has launched its consultation exercise for the extension of flexible working rights to parents / carers with children up to sixteen years. Presently the right only exists until the child is six, unless he or she is disabled. This will no doubt cause some challenging cases for tribunals – the reasons why parents need [...]
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Fellow blogger John Bolch of Family Lore has written an e-book all about divorce. There are far too many divorce solicitors out there who’ll charge a couple of grand for a simple uncontested divorce and agreed financial settlement, so the meagre amount you can pay to get the expertise of one of the good guys [...] I shall be camping and surfing in North Devon until early next week, so no posts are likely. Hope you all enjoy your bank holidays. …pretty obvious really. An employer will often wish to unilaterally vary a contract, and it may have good or bad reasons for doing so. A key moment when this might happen to a small business is with pay intervals. Many small construction / engineering businesses still have weekly paydays. Obviously this is expensive and increasingly [...] MI5 has hired Stonewall to advise it on recruitment of more staff from an LGBT background*. This is very sensible – some always react to this sort of news to ask why this sort of campaign is necessary if the employer is already practicing equal opps. In fact, it’s a very sensible move for any [...] Employment law solicitors who have spotted the judgment of the EAT in Ramsay & Ors v.Bowercross Construction Ltd & Anor ought to be cracking out the champagne. I have blogged before about the fact that solicitors are in severe competition with ‘consultancy’ outfits, such as RBS Mentor, Croner, Peninsula, First Assist, Qdos and the like, [...] I have taken part in a podcast with Charon QC, where we talk about discrimination law. Listen to it here: Listen to Podcast 77: Usefully Employed on Employment Law *LONG POST ALERT!* This House of Lords decision has wreaked havoc upon the Disability Discrimination Act. I feel I ought to set down why, as the potential consequences for employees with potential claims are serious. I’ll also admit to some embarrassment that it’s taken me quite so long to engage with this issue on the blog, leaving [...] …well, it was hardly a surprise, was it? It is reported here that Stonewall want to intervene. Meanwhile, I’ve picked up on this blog (mainly because it was kind enough to link to me), which has rounded up some of the reaction to the judgment. Most amusing yet predictable is the Daily Mail’s stance that: … it [...] …is a dangerous time if you’re an American cop in the movies, you’re bound to get hit with a bullet or an internal affairs investigation. In the first instance case of Plewes v Adams Pork Produce Limited (reported by Burges Salmon) the employer’s normal (and contractual) retirement date was the day before the employee’s 65th birthday. The [...] |
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