While sometimes it will be obvious – for example, if an employment contract exists – how to determine the true legal status of someone working for an employer is not clearly set out in employment laws. The general various statuses are a worker, an employee, or a self-employed person, the employee getting most protection in […]
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Post created on: August 2nd, 2011
In an opinion published this week, the Advocate General suggested that the Working Time Directive does not preclude a limitation during which annual leave may be taken, as long as this still provides for recuperation. While not binding on the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Advocate General’s view is often accepted by […]
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Post created on: July 9th, 2011
As up to 750,000 start industrial action, the resolve of both the coalition government & the opposition will be tested. For the Conservatives, Tory stalwart & architect of much of the current employment law legislation covering industrial action, Lord Tebbit urged caution over changing the current strict regulations that trade unions have to comply with. […]
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Post created on: June 29th, 2011
Following reports yesterday that a Labour MP who has previously campaigned for the living wage for all (currently £8.30 in London) has hired an intern on a voluntary basis, InternAware have written to leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, asking him to keep his pledge and end unpaid internships in the Labour Party. From […]
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Post created on: June 29th, 2011
Employment Minister Chris Grayling is in Brussels today, where he will reiterate the UK’s opposition to maternity leave proposals put forward by MEPs last October. If they were adopted, the proposals would provide employees with 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay, at a cost estimated to be more than £2 billion per year […]
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Post created on: June 17th, 2011
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