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National Living Wage - Could You Be Underpaying Your Workers?
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You may be aware of recent high profile cases involving retailers such as John Lewis, Argos and Tesco in which the payment of the national living wage (NLW) has been questioned. The national living...
Gareth Edwards
Gareth Edwards
VWV
Posted on: 3rd October 2017
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Accessing employee medial reports: the rules

Getting expert medical opinion on an employee’s health condition is a vital element in a medical capability procedure. Employment Tribunals place great importance on employers basing their management...
Stephen Rosenthal
Stephen Rosenthal
Posted on: 2nd October 2017
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Redundancy and the Dismissal of Pregnant Workers - What Are the Rules?
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Employees on maternity leave benefit from special protections when it comes to redundancy. A recent Spanish case highlights how the UK protections operate and raises the possibility of future change...
Gareth Edwards
Gareth Edwards
VWV
Posted on: 26th September 2017
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GDPR: The devil’s not in the detail, it’s somewhere else!

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has, quite rightly, attracted a lot of press about how organisations need to comply with new data protection rules by 25 May 2018. However, GDPR...
Posted on: 25th September 2017
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