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Lucinda Bromfield: Tis the season to be sued…

Christmas is officially over, decorations are now safely packed away, the tree has been dismantled and the excuse that ’it’s Christmas’ can no longer...

Lucinda Bromfield: Increasing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims?

The Government has said that it is considering increasing the continuous service requirement for unfair dismissal claims from one year to two years. This...

David Ogilvy: Not Every (Snow and Ash) Cloud has a Silver Lining

As the season of goodwill and much merriness is upon us we find ourselves asking what mean, Dickensian employer would deny a worker his...

David Ogilvy: The end of retirement?

It is fashionable, in Employment Law and HR circles, to predict that the abolition of the Default Retirement Age will have a profound and...

David Ashplant: The Bribery Act

The Act aims to improve the UK’s record on prosecuting bribery. The Act makes it an offence to: bribe another person; be bribed; bribe...

Lucinda Bromfield: Online presence

As I was wondering what to write as my first post on the HRreview blog, I started thinking about blogging and the internet in...

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 – Key Issues

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (“the Regulations”) were published in January 2010. With implementation delayed to 1 October 2011, it may feel like the...

Workplace Disputes – a duty to mediate?

Between 2004 and 2009, employers and employees had to grapple with the statutory dispute resolution procedures. These were designed to restrict the number...

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