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Andy Love MP (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
If you are facing difficulties at work there is advice available to check you are being treated fairly: · The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) offers free, confidential and impartial advice on all employment rights issues. · Trade unions offer advice and support for members. If you find that you are facing redundancy there is help available to find a new job and the Redundancy...
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PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
In a recent case about time off for dependants the Employment Appeal Tribunal has given some guidance on how the words ”unexpected” and “necessary” in s57A (1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 should be interpreted. In the case an employee had discovered on 8 December that her childminder would not be able to look after her children [...]
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Bishop Alan’s Blog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
I can’t comment on the Richard Sharpe case, currently in progress, in another diocese, but the Church Times and Thinking Anglicans have commented on harrassment, working conditions and employment rights of the clergy — issues somebody suggested to me the other day are something of my pet subject . The union says : Should Revd. Sharpe’s case be upheld after any appeal, it will mean that ministers across...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
The South Korean Constitutional Court is being asked to strike down a law that allows only the visually impaired to become professional masseurs, on the grounds that it violates the employment rights of the non-blind.
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DETE - Speeches and Press Releases (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
The Minister for Labour Affairs, Billy Kelleher, TD has today (16th September 2008) officially opened the new National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) office at Centre Park House, Centre Park Road, Cork.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
SMALL businesses in Wales say they lack awareness about employment rights and the minimum wage.
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MARRIAGEDEBATE.COM--MAIN BLOG (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
statement here: ...The focus of the Church’s involvement is specifically same-sex marriage and its consequences. The Church does not object to rights (already established in California) regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights, so long as these do not infringe on the integrity of the family or the constitutional rights of churches and their adherents...
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PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
When an employee begins employment with an employer, the employer should give the employee a written statement of particulars of employment. The written statement must be given within two months of the employment beginning. The Employment Rights Act 1996 s1 sets out specific particulars which must be included in the written statement. PJH Law have produced [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of
Justice today filed a lawsuit against SmallTownPapers, Inc. (STP) of
Seattle, alleging that STP violated the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by terminating Frank Bonnin, an
Air Force reservist, because of his military obligation to attend active
duty training.
The complaint, filed in the U.S....
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NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
A bill passed the state Senate Wednesday that would protect hundreds of thousands of medical marijuana patients in California from employment discrimination.
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www.radioleft.com (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Just when you think there's a little bit of good news . . . It proves indeed to be a little bit. The heading "Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Employment Rights of U.S. Army Reservist" looked good for a minute. In fact, I felt a fleeting surprise for an instant. Turns out that the employer is not one of our private employers, who can generally fire any employer at any time, for any reason,...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of
Justice announced today that it has settled its employment lawsuit on
behalf of Tracey Marshall, a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve, against the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Fla.
The Department's complaint, filed last October in the U.S. District
Court in Tampa, alleged that the Clerk's Office violated the Uniformed
Services...
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Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Under Section 57A of the Employment Rights Act 1996, all employees are entitled to take a reasonable amount of unpaid time off work to deal with emergencies involving a dependant, and not to be dismissed or victimised for doing so. The emergency must involve a dependant who is a child, parent, husband, wife, civil partner or other household member, or somebody for whom the employee has primary caring...
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Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
In today's Boston Globe, Farah Stockman writes about American companies employing American workers abroad through foreign subsidiaries. The effect is that the workers lose their employment rights under American law, and are protected, if at all, only under the law...
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Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Government announce a one stop hot line for employees to report to the authorities rogue employers. More details here The announcement contains details of the 6 million pounds to be spent on advertising and the project has stated aims to raise awareness of employment rights and how to enforce them. My own view is this sort of awareness programme, at a time when employers are already shedding staff,...
