Tag Archives: Unfair Dismissal

Will the new Health and Work Service help or hinder business?

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Darren Newman

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 →

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What to do about zero-hours contracts?

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Darren Newman

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 →

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Dominic Raab – A final exchange

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Darren Newman

If you haven’t read the last two posts dealing with my correspondence with Dominic Raab MP, then feel free to pass over this post too. However, once something has started you have to finish it, and this weekend I received … Continue reading →

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Update: Dominic Raab’s Reply

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Darren Newman

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 →

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An Open Letter to Dominic Raab MP

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Darren Newman

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 →

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On the long, drawn out death of the ‘no-fault dismissal’

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Darren Newman

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 →

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