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Tag Archives: Unfair Dismissal
Will the new Health and Work Service help or hinder business?
The idea behind the new Health and Work Service is that it will save employers money by helping sick employees get back to work. The truth, as ever, is rather more complicated than that. The new service is reported by … Continue reading
Posted in Sick pay, Unfair Dismissal
Tagged burdens on business, Health and Work Service, Occupational Health, OH, Unfair Dismissal
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What to do about zero-hours contracts?
The Guardian is running a campaign on the potential abuses of zero-hours contracts and they seem to have the ear of at least one side of the Coalition. Both Nick Clegg and Vince Cable have made sympathetic noises about doing … Continue reading
Posted in Zero Hours COntracts
Tagged Mutuality of obligation, Nick Clegg, Part-time workers, Unfair Dismissal, Vince Cable
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Update: Dominic Raab’s Reply
Yesterday I wrote to Dominic Raab MP about the current debate on ‘no fault’ dismissals. I quoted a paper he wrote late last year where he made some pretty suprising claims about the current state of the law on dismissals … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Dominic Raab MP
I was minding my own business when @FlipChartRick (thanks!) sent me a link to a Centre for Policy Studies paper by Dominic Raab MP calling for some employment law reforms. I had ignored the story when it came out because … Continue reading
Posted in Beecroft
Tagged Beecroft, centre for policy studies, dominic raab, no fault dismissal, poor performance, Unfair Dismissal
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On the long, drawn out death of the ‘no-fault dismissal’
It seems that the Government is about to announce the final death of the ‘no-fault dismissal’ as it announces the results of its call for evidence on the issue. This morning I was struck by two very different obituaries for … Continue reading
Posted in Beecroft
Tagged Beecroft, Ehmann, guardian, Institute of Directors, Mail, Telegraph, Unfair Dismissal
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