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Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 26/5/2009
* Cost consequences for dishonest litigants!
* National minimum wage increase
* Length of service criterion in redundancy matrix held lawful
* Agency Workers Consultation

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 13/5/2009
* Working Time Opt-Out to Remain
* New Equality Bill Published
* Eco-warriors: a new religious order?

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 14/4/2009
* Changes in Employment Law April 2009

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 6/4/2009
* All Change: The New ACAS Code on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 23/2/2009
* Changes to the Contents of the Step 1 Letter
* Unfair Dismissal Compensation during an Employee's Notice Period when Constructively Dismissed
* The EAT Confirms the Malcolm Comparator Test Applies to Employment Cases
* European Commission Rejects Proposal to End the Current Opt-out from the 48 Hour Week

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 4/2/2009
* Long-term Sickness Absence and Holiday Entitlement
* Exemption from the Duty to Make Reasonable Adjustments
* Does Your Company have the Relevant Documentation to Show Employees' Entitlement to Work in the UK?

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 21/1/2009
* Focus on Redundancy - Alternative Ways to Beat the Crunch
* Employment and Immigration Law Breakfast Briefing February 2009

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 5/1/2009
* Important Changes for Business Visitors to the UK
* Equal Pay Act - Justification of Length of Service Pay Criteria
* 'Homophobic Banter' could be Harassment Even Where the Victim is not Gay

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 10/11/2008
* Opt-out from 48 hour Working Week is Once Again Under Threat
* Important New Immigration Rules for Foreign Students
* Requirement for a Degree Did Not Amount to Age Discrimination

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 3/11/2008
* The High Court Gives its Decision as to Use of Length of Service Criteria in a Redundancy Matrix
* The European Parliament Adopts the Agency Workers Directive
* The Employment Bill Undergoes Amendments by the Public Bill Committee

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 15/10/2008
* Recent and forthcoming changes that affect your business
* The European Commissions Proposals on new maternity rights
* New interpretation given to Time off for Emergencies

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 29/9/2008
* Heyday - The Advocate General hands down his opinion
* The Points Based System and Strict New Criteria for Foreign Students
* Claimant's right to an oral hearing before a claim is struck out

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 9/9/2008
* Changes to rights of employees on additional maternity or additional adoption leave
* Changes to Income Tax with effect from 7 September 2008
* Up-date and the Government's Consultation on flexible working

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 27/8/2008
* Liquidated Damages or Penalty Clause?
* Effective Date of Termination

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 5/8/2008
* Acas publishes its 2007/08 Annual Report
* Disability Discrimination: Associated Discrimination
* Social networking and blogging: Top tips on avoiding the pitfalls

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 22/7/2008
* Garden Leave and the 'right' to work
* The National Minimum Wage - Tips, Gratuities and Service Charges
* Recent Developments in Disability Discrimination Law

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Update 25.06.2008
* Time to train - consultation on a new right to request time to train for employees in England
* Acas publishes draft guide to 'Discipline and Grievances at Work'
* Damages for withdrawal of an offer of employment

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Update 9/06/08
* Employee Surveillance
* Charity's Heyday is brought forward
* New guidance from the Information Commissioner

Employment and Immigration Law Legal Update 23/05/08
* National Staff Dismissal Register to go live this month
* Flexible Working
* Statement of intent released for Tier 2 (Skilled Migrant) of the points based system

Employment Law Legal Update 12/05/2008
*Court of Appeal decision on the burden of proof for unfair dismissal
* Identity cards to be issued for some foreign nationals present in the UK
* Employer's benefits package held not to be discriminatory on grounds of age

Employment Law Legal Update 28/04/2008
*Appeal decision on definition of redundancy
* 'Working for a healthier tomorrow'
* Requirements of step one grievance are minimal

April 8 2008 Enews
* Sex discrimination: employers liability for third party harassment
* Employers application process for licence as a sponsor gets underway as part of proposed replacement of existing work permit scheme
* "Time limits" at the tribunal's discretion
* Increases to statutory sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay

March 25 2008 Enews
* Changing terms and conditions
* Age discrimination: dismissed for being too young
* Discrimination: part time workers
* New national minimum wage rates

March 3 2008 Enews
* European ruling on IVF and pregnancy
* Homophobic abuse against heterosexual
* Immigration update

February 19 2008 Enews
* Agency worker was not an employee
* Expired warning can be taken into account
* Disability discrimination by association

February 11 2008 Enews
* Holiday pay and sick leave
* Recurrence of a disability
* Retirement of partner was not age discrimination
* Recruiting Foreign Nationals and the Points Based System FREE SEMINAR

January 21 2008 Enews
* Unpaid overtime for part time workers
* TUPE applies to transfers outside the UK
* Immigration update: New measures to prevent illegal working

January 8 2008 Enews
* New Year seminar dates announced
* New employment bill published
* EU Ministers discuss employment directives
* Increase in statutory rates announced
* Latest survey on work-life balance

December 10 2007 Enews
* TUPE and new terms of employment
* Tribunals must consider compliance with dismissal procedure

November 26 2007 Enews
* Home working trial a reasonable adjustment?
* Employee not entitled to work
* Employer could exercise mobility clause in a redundancy situation
* Drunkeness at work through alcoholism is contributory conduct

November 12 2007 Enews
* Employee did not acquire rights
* Redundancy consultation
* Companies could face prosecution for employee collisions

October 29 2007 Enews
* Retirement age is lawful
* Pension amendments were justified
* No religious discrimination

October 15 2007 Enews
* Redundancy trial periods
* Sickness absence form was not a grievance
* No grievance required for discriminatory dismissal

October 1 2007 Enews
* Equal Pay - What's New?
* Changes to legislation coming into effect today

September 17 2007 Enews
* Employee who could not acknowledge disability
* Employee dismissed for breaching no-smoking policy
* Tribunal Cases rise by 15%
* Immigration Update: The International Graduates Scheme (IGS)

August 7 2007 Enews
* Dyslexic police officer was "disabled"
* ACAS reports fewer tribunal applications
* Calculating increased holiday entitlement

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