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DBS filtering of old and minor convictions and cautions

10.06.2013

This action is in response to the Court of Appeal judgment which stated that the disclosure of all cautions and...

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Single-tier pension from 2016

03.06.2013

The ending of contracting out is a key consequence of a single-tier pension system and will help to simplify the...

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‘Sweetheart agreements’ cannot defeat trade union recognition

30.05.2013

Boots Management Services Ltd had such an agreement with the Boots Pharmacists Association (BPA), a listed trade union, and tried...

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Caste discrimination

23.05.2013

The government voiced its opposition to the proposed amendment, favouring an education campaign instead, but the House of Lords concluded...

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Costly breach of Agency Workers Regulations

08.05.2013

The Watford Tribunal determined that Barnet LBC had failed to provide information on the number of agency workers it employed...

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Consultation on administration of shared parental leave

03.05.2013

The consultation will look at how administering the new system will tie in with current arrangements for maternity/ adoption leave...

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New national minimum wage rates announced

22.04.2013

The apprentice rate (for apprentices under age 19, or age 19 and over but in the first year of their...

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