The Tribunals have seen a flurry of equal pay cases in the last few years. The legislation requires equal treatment for men and women in the same employment either due to being employed in like work, where the work is rated as equivalent or is of equal value.
A recent case has indicated that when determining the comparator [...]
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Employment/HR, Miscellaneous.
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A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a belief in ‘man-made climate change, and the resulting moral imperatives’ can amount to a philosophical belief capable of protection under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.
The EAT set out the following test for establishing whether any particular belief would be covered [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2009 under Employment/HR, Miscellaneous.
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Employers running businesses where noise is an issue may now face claims from employees dating as far back as 1978 following a recent Court of Appeal ruling in the case of Baker –v- Quantum Clothing.
Quantum Clothing was found liable for the deafness of a former employee following a detailed consideration of the case by the [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Business Advisory Services, Business Regulation, Miscellaneous.
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The Offie of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued the first ban against an Estate Agent for failing to take part in the redress scheme. More information is in the OFT press release availabe here http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2009/116-09.
[click here read more]Posted: September 23rd, 2009 under Business Regulation, Miscellaneous.
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The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (the ‘Regulations’) affect all business-to-consumer transactions, so any business which sells consumer goods, supplies services used by consumers, labels consumer goods, etc., needs to comply with these Regulations.
The Regulations prohibit unfair practices. In most cases, an offence is only committed if the unfair practice causes, or [...]
Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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