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As part of a reform initiative concerning the employment tribunal system, the Department for Business, Skills and Innovation (BIS) has launched a mediation network in Manchester. A trial will also be set up in Cambridge, and both schemes will run for a full 12 months before the government decides whether to launch a nationwide rollout. Volunteers from local business will...
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The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) apply to a ‘relevant transfer’, either through a service provision change or a transfer of an undertaking. Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULCRA), representatives of the employees need to be given certain specified information and must be consulted with over...
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The recent case of JJ Food Service Ltd v Kefil has seen the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decide whether it can be reasonable to fire a manager who has an intimidating management style without warning, on the basis that someone in his position should be aware that if he did not change his behaviour he would be dismissed. The background Kefil had been with his former...
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Absence Management - The Bradford Factor What is the Bradford Factor? The Bradford factor monitors absence. It looks at the number of instances of absence, rather than the total days off and therefore gives a greater score (or factor) to short term intermittent absence, than to long term infrequent absence. Each absence record is given a Bradford Factor;...
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Employment Law Review - Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill given final approvalThe Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has now become an Act after receiving final approval from the Houses of Parliament. The legislation falls under the government’s Employment Law Review, the aim of which was to ‘make the improvements necessary to embed a flexible, effective and fair...
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