I’m not American, and I’m not black, so I don’t really understand why I, like many others, felt genuinely emotional at President Obama’s inauguration. I think we all claim a piece of him – whether you’ve simply despaired at the lack of intellectualism in politics, the dynastic origin of many US politicians or simply believed [...]
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Most employment practitioners will have dealt with redundancies and TUPE issues following a company going into administration. This week’s File on 4 was an interesting look at whether the current insolvency regime might not be counter-productive in the current downturn. The 2003 Enterprise Act was designed to make going into administration easier, quicker and cheaper with [...] This article, written by yours truly, first appeared in the December / January issue of Independent Lawyer. On 5th October legislation changed some aspects of maternity law, and in particular harmonised employee benefits and entitlements during Additional Maternity Leave (AML) with those currently enjoyed during Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML). The new legislation is the Sex Discrimination Act [...] Personnel Today reports on the alarm expressed by businesses on the European Parliament’s vote to end the maximum working week opt-out. The statistics quoted are telling enough as to how its end would effect the UK workforce – around 1 in 10 employees work more than the 48 hour working week, but for more than [...] In March the EAT ruled that Mr English, a straight man whose colleagues knew full well he was straight, was not harrassed within the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 when his colleagues subjected him to homophobic abuse. My blog post on that decision is here. This has now been overruled by the Court of Appeal [...] I’m still playing catch-up, but the leak of a BNP membership list was immediately dissected by curious employers, and the media, for the presence of police officers, teachers and similar public servants. I’m willing to bet at least a few small businesses have searched for their employees – especially those who are nervous of the [...] |
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