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Business Development: Playing The Right Card
Leor Franks
18 August 2011
Employment Tribunal statistics – age discrimination claims on the rise
Statistics relating to the Employment Tribunals have recently been released for the year 2010 to 2011. The statistics provide a snap shot of the types of cases and awards that have taken place in the Employment Tribunals during this period. They also present the reality of claims and awards rather than the sometimes misleading focus that can be presented in the media.
18 August 2011
Dress codes and hairstyles – could your policy be discriminatory?
In a well publicised decision relevant to all employers with dress codes, the High Court ruled in the case of SG v St Gregory’s Catholic Science College, that a blanket, unwavering, policy of not allowing a “cornrows” hairstyle on male pupils, with no exceptions, could be considered indirect race discrimination, which could be justified if the ban were a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, but was not on the facts of the case. However, it was not considered sex discrimination.
18 August 2011
Sex and the City – the risks of workplace affairs
A recent survey has been reported as saying that 72% of those bankers surveyed have had at least one affair and that 87% of affairs are with a work colleague.
18 August 2011
Could your IT Consultants really be your Employees after all?
Many IT consultants work under HMRC’s IR35 rules that are designed to prevent independent contractors (usually IT contractors), who would otherwise be liable for income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs), avoiding them in favour of the lower rates of tax available if they work through the intermediary of their own personal service company (PSC).
18 August 2011
Amendments to Agency Workers Regulations 2010
The Government has published last-minute amendments to correct drafting errors in the Agency Workers Regulations 2010.