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Author Archives: Darren Newman
The New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment
I have a problem with the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023. It’s a rubbish name for a statute to begin with. But I also think it does something fundamentally undesirable. Bear with me, though, because it … Continue reading
Should the BBC have sacked Huw Edwards before he resigned?
Was the BBC wrong to keep Huw Edwards employed despite knowing that he had been arrested on such serious charges? Looking at the timeline I think it’s difficult to criticise their approach. Most large public sector organisations would have done … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, business, employee, employment, employment-law, human-resources, huw-edwards, sosr, Unfair Dismissal
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The Future of Agency Workers
Labour’s manifesto promised that the new Government will introduce legislation on employment law within 100 days. I’m not sure if the clock is ticking yet. Did they mean 100 days from the election or 100 days from the King’s Speech on … Continue reading
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Tagged agency workers, Labour Government, new employment law, Unfair Dismissal
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Labour’s Plans for Employment Law – Other Stuff
I’ve now written three posts setting out Labour’s plans for employment law set out in its document “Labour’s Plans to Make Work Pay”. I’ve looked at trade union law, individual employment rights and equality and family-related issues. Ahead of the … Continue reading
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Tagged employment-contract, general election, Labour Party; Labour manifesto, minimum-wage, news, politics, trade unions
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Labour’s Plans for Equality Law
Labour’s policy document published at the beginning of the election campaign – “Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay” – has so much detail in it that I have already written about it in two posts. The first looked at trade union … Continue reading
Labour’s Plans for Employment Rights
In my last post I looked at the new measures Labour is proposing in the field of trade union law. In this post I am going to look at individual employment rights, with proposals on discrimination and family-based rights coming … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, employment, Labour Party Employment law proposals, labour-law, news, politics
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Labour’s Plans for Trade Union Law
I refuse to believe that Sharon Graham, General Secretary of the Unite the union is genuinely unhappy about Labour’s plans for employment law. An updated plan was published by the Labour party on Friday and she was reported as saying … Continue reading
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Tagged general election, industrial action, Industrial action, Labour proposals, news, politics, trade unions, union recognition, unions
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Ending the “sick-note culture”
The Prime Minister gave a speech on Friday proposing to tackle our “sick note culture”. Probably the most significant proposals made were to do with the wider issue of benefits for those were economically inactive because of long-term ill-health. Those … Continue reading
Posted in absence management
Tagged business, employer, employment-law, fit notes, health, news, Occupational Health, sick notes
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Will Labour Ban Zero-Hours Contracts?
(UPDATED) I’m spending an increasing amount of my time looking towards the next Labour Government and what it will mean for employment law. If the polls are right, it is going to be an exciting time to be an employment … Continue reading
A Range of Reasonable Responses 