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December 22 2005 Enews
* Maternity suspension - obligation to reduce risks
* Continuous service computation for unfair dismissal
* Increase in Compensation Limits

December 12 2005 Enews
* Statutory Sick Pay and Maternity Pay Set to Increase
* Pensions Reform: Update
* Civil Partnership Act 2005

November 28 2005 Enews
* The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 - Key December Changes
* Solicitor's Letters Enough to Constitute Grievance
* Compensation Awarded Following False Accusation of Racism
* Stress at work. Why Worry?

November 14 2005 Enews
* Have You Banned Bullying?
* Important Notice: Incorrect Claim and Response Forms
* "Dealing with Personal Disasters at Work" Breakfast Briefing

October 31 2005 Enews
* The Work and Families Bill
* Flexible Working Measures
* Stress at Work

October 17 2005 Enews
* Fixed-term employees entitled to significant redundancy payments
* Personality and management style dismissals
* Employment Law Update Seminar Norwich

October 3 2005 Enews
* New Employment Tribunal Forms
* Increase in National Minimum Wage
* Beware Serial Job Applicants who don't even want to Work for you!
* Communications Giant Pays £19,500 after Refusing to Grant Employee Suitable Flexible Working Arrangements
* Refusal to Sign Unreasonable Restrictive Covenant Not Fair Reason for Dismissal
* "Signposts to Simplification"

September 19 2005 Enews
* Constructive Knowledge under the Disability Discrimination Act
* Issuing Proceedings - The Importance of Time Limits
* Pregnancy related Illness - Can you stop sick pay?
* Employment Law Update Seminar

September 5 2005 Enews
* Letter Complaining of Bias Enough to Constitute Step 1 of Statutory Grievance Procedure
* Sexual Orientation Harassment
* Disability Discrimination
* Employment Law Update Seminar

August 22 2005 Enews
* Steeles' In-house Training Sessions
* Victimisation
* Insolvency
* Justifying Indirect Sex Discrimination - Hardy and Hansons v Lax

August 8 2005 Enews
* The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismisses British Airways Appeal In Sex Discrimination Claim
* Less Favourable Treatment of Disabled Employee Not Justified
* Court of Appeal confirms parental leave must be taken in a one week block

July 25 2005 Enews
* 'Admissibility Regime Unjust'
* Draft Age Discrimination Legislation Published

July 11 2005 Enews
* The Scope of "Mental Impairment" under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005
* Whistleblowing - Employers be warned!
* Equal Pay - What Constitutes 'like work'?

June 27 2005 Enews
* Joint and several liability for discriminatory acts
* Working time opt-out survives
* Employment Practices Data Protection Code - final version published
* ACAS publishes new guides

June 13 2005 Enews
* Can a transfer of undertaking take place over a period of time?
* Redundancy dismissals and offers of suitable alternative employment
* Disciplinary meeting or investigative meeting - what's the difference?

May 31 2005 Enews
* Queen Unveils Blair's Third Term Plans.
* Life After Dacas - Are Agency Workers Employees?
* Norwich Breakfast Briefing Employment Law Update 2005

May 16 2005 Enews
* Maternity Pay After Alabaster
* Court of Appeal decision in Hinton v University of East London
* Does a Tribunal's delay in giving its decision give rise to an appeal?
* "The current employment tribunal system should be confined to room 101"

May 4 2005 Enews
* No holiday pay for workers on long-term sick leave
* Two wrongs don't make a right!
* Extension of time for unfair dismissal claim (Marks & Spencer v Williams-Ryan)
* "The current employment tribunal system should be confined to room 101"

April 18 2005 Enews
* Unfair Dismissal - How compensation is determined
* Bonuses on Maternity Leave
* Redundancy

April 5 2005 Enews
* Band of reasonable responses test
* Failing to reply to a question or providing an evasive reply can lead to an inference of discrimination
* EAT finds that covert surveillance is justified

March 21 2005 Enews
* Employment Tribunal can limit compensation where lack of consultation merely delayed but would not have prevented redundancy
* Restrictive covenant upheld: prevents employee working for named competitors for 6 months after termination
* Holiday pay must be true addition to contractual rate of pay

March 7 2005 Enews
* Short service and breach of contract
* New minimum wage rates
* Plans for mandatory pay audits
* Proposed statutory maternity leave increase

February 17 2005 Enews
* Rutherford case on Age Discrimination to go to the House of Lords
* Staff "Blogging"
* Costs Awards at the Employment Tribunal

February 7 2005 Enews
* Landmark decision on sexual orientation
* Redundancies - Duty to consult collectively
* Draft Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations
* Pensions - Doing nothing is not an option!

January 25 2005 Enews
* Burden of Proof in Discrimination Cases
* Increase in Compensation Limits
* Landmark Case for Discrimination on Religious Grounds
* E-Disclosure.So What Do We Do Now?

January 2005 Enews
* Statutory Disciplinary, Dismissal and Grievance Procedures
* Disability Discrimination
* Sex Discrimination
* Employment Tribunals
* Bonuses
* Without Prejudice Meetings
* Transfer of Undertakings
* Agency Temporary Workers
* Data Protection
* Stress

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