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Fire and Rehire – Unintended Consequences of the Employment Rights Bill

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Darren Newman

The Employment Rights Bill is about to enter into the part of the Parliamentary process where the Government will consider amendments. This is not something it needs to do in order to ensure the Bill is passed. With a huge … Continue reading →

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Should the BBC have sacked Huw Edwards before he resigned?

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Darren Newman

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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Labour’s Plans for Equality Law

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Darren Newman

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 →

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Ending the “sick-note culture”

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Darren Newman

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 →

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