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Tag Archives: Employment Law
Protected conversations: all gone quiet
Amid the flurry of employment law announcements made by Vince Cable on Friday, Nick Clegg’s grand plan for workplace “protected conversations” was quietly laid to rest. It’s nice to see someone in government has actually been listening for once. Continue reading
Red tape
“In accordance to the principles of Doublethink, it does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous.” … Continue reading
Posted in General employment law, Miscellany, Red Tape Challenge
Tagged Employment Law, Newspeak, Orwell, Red Tape
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Woodcock: press reporting of employment law issues reaches a new low
It is hard to find a paragraph of the Telegraph’s report of Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust that is not hugely inaccurate, alarmist, and misleading. I should say now that the likely effect of this case on age discrimination or other areas of employment law is close to nil, and yet the Telegraph screams that the court has apparently sanctioned the sacking of older workers to save employers money “even though the practise is unlawful”. Continue reading
Posted in Age discrimination, Press hyperbole, Retirement
Tagged Discrimination, Employment Law, Telegraph, Woodcock
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Unfair dismissal qualifying periods: a historical perspective
The government (along with its advisers such as the now-notorious Adrian Beecroft) claim that employment laws in general, and unfair dismissal laws in particular, are holding up the economy, by making employers afraid to take on new recruits. Many people … Continue reading
Posted in General employment law, Myths, Red Tape Challenge
Tagged Employment Law, Red Tape, Tories, Unfair Dismissal
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Making sense of the EHRC’s stance on religion
A few weeks ago I blogged about the rather bizarre sounding messages that were coming from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the subject of religious freedoms at work. They said they intervene in 4 cases going to the … Continue reading
