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		<title>Sickness Absences Falling – But EEF Recently Called for More Action</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amount of sick leave continued a trend that started after 2003, falling again in 2011 according to a report published by the Office for National Statistics today. The average amount of sick leave per employee is now less than 4.5 days, 1.6% of working days in the private sector, and this figure is slightly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seldon &#8211; Not a Repeal of Compulsory Retirement Laws</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In theory, the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 abolished employers&#8217; right to require employees to retire. Despite recent press rulings that might suggest otherwise, that is still the law, so before employers rush to reintroduce compulsory retirement based on the ruling of the Supreme Court in Seldon v Clarkson Wright &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House of Lords Approve Changes to Employment Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Labour withdrew its amendment, the “Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012” was approved by the House of Lords this afternoon. The Opposition did not withdraw its amendment to a motion on the Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012, but that amendment failed to secure the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House of Lords Set to Approve Two Year Qualifying Period for Unfair Dismissal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two small but controversial changes to employment law are expected to pass their final parliamentary hurdle next week, when motions that the “Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012” and the “Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012” “be approved” are moved by Lord De Mauley in the House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum Wage Increase for October 2012 Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has today confirmed that the minimum wage will increase for adults &#38; apprentices from October, although the current rates will be frozen for 16-20 year olds. The new rates, payable for pay reference periods that commence on or after 1 October 2012, will be: Adult rate &#8211; £6.19 an hour, an increase of [...]]]></description>
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