UK Law

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New “one-in, one-out” system (Weekly 181)
News in Brief
Report published by the coalition government (Weekly 168)
The Coalition: our programme for government
The Government has now published its response to the blacklisting consultation (Weekly 146)
News in brief
Regulating Damages Based Agreements (Weekly 124)
News in brief
Legislative changes by The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Weekly 106)
Effective from April 2009
No Win No Fee Arrangements (Weekly 73)
Government has set up an academic review
Legislative Changes (Weekly 63)
Changes effective from 6th April 2008
Union Rights (120)
Get out and stay out
Fixed Term Contracts (117)
Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council
Public or Private (117)
R (on the application of Montgomery) v Hertfordshire County Council
Know your rights (117)
A brief overview of clothing and appearance
Incomplete claim form (117)
Hamling v Coxlease School
Monitoring Employees (116)
Keeping in touch
Libel Bible (112)
Frequently asked questions about libel
Measuring time (109)
New regulations to remove the "partly unmeasured working time" exemption from the WTR
Employment timetable (109)
DTI list of regulatory changes due to come into force on 1 April and 1 October 2006
Family friendly drafts (109)
DTI draft regulations on family-related leave and flexible working
Liquid rights (107)
Krasner v McMath and two other cases (2005, IRLR 995; IDS 792)
New legislation (105)
Second instalment of employment legislation for 2005, coming into effect on 1 October
Fixing the terms four years on (105)
Provisions of Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 coming into effect form July 2006
Minimum wage (103)
Changes to National Minimum Wage
An employee or a worker? (103)
Comparison of employees' and workers' rights
New legislation (99)
Roundup of legislation taking effect from 6 April 2005
News in brief: minimum wage increase (99)
DTI announcement of NMW increases from 1 October 2005
Taking the time (99)
Overview of law governing time off for trade union duties and activities
Do you recognise me? (98)
Union recognition provisions of Employment Relations Act 1999
Time out from the regulations (98)
Gallagher and ors v Alpha Catering Services Ltd t/a Alpha Flight Services
I&C Regulations out (97)
Approval by parliament of Information and Consultation Regulations
Employment relations (97)
Provisions of the Employment Relations Act 2004 that came into effect on 31 December 2004
An update of trade union law (95)
Review of the Employment Relations Act 2004
New trade union law (94)
Employment Relations Act
Dispute resolution (91)
DTI guidance notes on statutory workplace disciplinary and grievance procedures
Failure to reverse (90)
Beaumont v Amicus MSF (IDS Brief 755)
Employment Relations Bill (89)
Completed passage through the Commons, and introduced into the Lords at the end of March 2004
Lost labour (89)
A brief overview of redundancy law
Put it out (88)
Draft regulations dealing with the minimum wage for output workers
Pensions Bill (87)
New legislation
Season's greetings to new discrimination protection (84)
New statutory protection against sexuality and religious discrimination in employment
Important NMW cases (82)
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999
Night nurses bank minimum wage (77)
British Nursing Association v Inland Revenue (National Minimum Wage Compliance Team) [2002] IRLR 480 CA
On the horizon (75)
Employment Act 2002
Subsidising low pay (73)
Nerva and others v United Kingdom [2002] IRLR 815
Employment Act 2002 (72)
Whistle blowing in the wind (71)
Parkins v SODEXHO Ltd [2002] IRLR 109
The Met Office v Edgar [2001] ICR 149
Miklaszewicz v Stolt Offshore Ltd [2002] IRLR 344
Fittingly appropriate (69)
R v Central Arbitration Committee
ex parte Qwik-Fit (CA unreported)
Can they fix it? (67)
The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 (draft)
Going up (67)
Increase in compensation limits in Employment Tribunals
The Employment Rights (Increase in Limits) Order SI 2002 No.109p
Employment Bill (66)
A labour code for public services? (65)
Busman's holiday (65)
Bowden and ors v Tuffnells Parcels Express Ltd [2001] IRLR 838
Revising TUPE (64)
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981: Government Proposals for Reform and Detailed Background Paper URNO1/1158
Minimum wage less minimal (63)
National Minimum Wage
Union recognition: Central Arbitration Committee steams ahead (62)
Opinion of Lord Johnston in Fullarton Computer Industries judicial review application, Court of Session 28 June 2001
ISTC v Fullarton Computer Industries, CAC ref: TUR1/29 [2000]
BAJ v Essex Chronicles, CA ref: TUR1/34 [2000]
Trade unions cross the first CAC hurdles (54)
Employment Relations Act 1999
Ask not what the union can do for you... (54)
English v UNISON, IDS Brief 668, Rhyl County Court
More relations arrive (54)
Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
Snooping on staff is still suspect (52)
The Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000 SI 2000/2699
National Minimum Wage becomes less minimal (52)
National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Smith v Thomas (Employment Tribunal, 1100367/2000,unreported)
Human Rights seminar (52)
Human Rights Act 1998
Human rights are here (51)
Human Rights Act 1998
Using the Human Rights Act (51)
Human Rights Act 1998
A fair decision (47)
R V Broxtowe Borough Council ex Parte Bradford [2000] IRLR 296
Access all areas - which method to choose? (47)
Code of Practice: Access to Workers during Recognition Ballots
Trade Union Recognition (Method of Collective Bargaining) Order
Further and better particulars (45)
Greene v London Borough of Hackney EAT/1182/98 and EAT/504/99
Employment Appeal Tribunal Unreported 23 November 1999
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham v Oguoko
[2000] IRLR 179
The only way is up (43)
Compensation limits in employment cases
Blindfold the boss's all seeing eye (43)
Surveillance and privacy at work
Take care to include all claims in originating applications (42)
The Housing Corporation v Bryant [1999] ICR 123
Lewis v Blue Arrow Care Ltd EAT [1999] ICR
Independent and impartial? (42)
Smith v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry [2000] IRLR 6
The relations are coming (41)
Employment Relations Act 1999: Commencement Orders No 1 and No2
(SIs 1999/2509 and 1999/2830)
No major legislation on discrimination (38)
Response to the Better Regulation Task Force review
The working times they are a changin' (37)
Working Time Regulations 1998
Consultation for the many ...but not the few (37)
The Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 1999
Blow the whistle - but not too loud and only certain tunes (36)
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
Transsexuals regulations (35)
The Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999
New developments in fixed term contracts (35)
Civil justice reforms - modernisation of rough justice? (35)
Come on down: unfair dismissal threshold reduced (34)
Terms and Conditions of Employment, the Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 1999
Who gets it and who doesn't (33)
National Minimum Wage Act 1998, National Mimimum Wage Regulations 1999
360º spin: National Minimum Wage (28)
Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (27)
Fairness at Work White Paper: family friendly policies (25)
Legislating for Fairness at Work (24)
Fairness at Work White Paper, DTI May 1998 (Cm 3968)
Beyond recognition (24)
Fairness at Work White Paper, DTI May 1998 (Cm 3968)
The multi-headed ERDRA (23)
The Enactment of the Employment Rights (Disputes Resolution) Act 1998 - ERDRA
Protecting whistle blowers at work (23)
Public Interest Disclosure Bill
Enforcing the minimum wage (18)
National Minimum Wage Bill
TUPE - what next? (17)
Acquired Rights Directive
Injured at work, punished by justice (16)
Law reform - Access to Justice
Discipline and crime proceedings (15)
R v Jacqueline White, Manchester Crown Court 28 April 1997 [1997] IRLR 462
Check-off checks chucked (13)
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act
Things can only get better (11)
Legal changes following from new Labour Government's manifesto pledges
Bugging and burgling - proposed powers would make them legal (8)
Police Bill
New Legislation (1)
Employment Rights Act 1996
Industrial Tribunals Act 1996

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