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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
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.
15 August 2011
Getting rid of maternity leave
David Cameron’s strategy director Steve Hilton reportedly suggested that the solution to the economic crisis is to abolish maternity leave. He believes this will cut red tape and kick start the economy. This is less “blue sky thinking” and more “living in cloud cuckoo land”.