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Discrimination arising from disability

An employer will not be liable for disability discrimination unless it knew about the employee's disability (or should have known about it). But what if an employer disciplines someone for...

Business Given Largest Ever Fine for Fire Safety Failings

The former owner of a London hotel has been hit with what is said to be the largest ever fine for fire safety failings. Salim Patel formerly owned the Radnor...

Drugs and Driving

The drug driving law changed on 2 March 2015 to make it easier for the police to catch and convict drug drivers under the influence of both illegal and certain...

Changes to Employment Law – April 2015

The changes to Employment Law coming into effect as of April are as follows: 1. Shared Parental Leave and Pay The new system of shared parental leave and pay is...

Have you decided what your first aid needs are?

Since the Health and Safety Executive stopped approving first aid training and the centres that provide it, courses stopped being checked by a single external body and businesses no longer...

Brent building firm in court over fall dangers

A building firm in North West London has been fined for neglecting safety after a carpenter broke his collarbone and a rib when he fell through an unprotected rooflight opening....

Is Your Business Cyber-Safe? Get the Cyber-Essentials.

The Government’s Cyber-Essentials scheme ‘offers a sound foundation of basic hygiene measures that all types of organisations can implement and potentially build upon” to mitigate the risk from common Internet-based...

Do You Know a Secret? And If So, Can You Tell Someone Else Who Promises To Keep It Secret?

Are you a party to a confidentiality agreement? If so, do you know when you are allowed to disclose information covered by that agreement?  In a recent case, the shareholders...

Employment tribunal claims almost halved over the past year

Combined with the news on early conciliation results, Government statistics also show that Employment Tribunal claims for 2013/14 fell by 45 per cent compared to 2012/13. To put the overall...

Government publishes guidance on fathers’ new statutory right to time off for ante-natal appointments and on shared parental leave and pay

The Government has published a guide for employers on the new statutory right to time off to accompany a pregnant woman to ante-natal appointments.  The new right, which comes into...

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