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Feb 2017
In a recent case the Employment Appeals Tribunal upheld a decision to reject a claim for indirect workplace decimation on religious grounds where an employer refused five consecutive weeks’ holiday for the attendance at a series of religious festivals. The claim was based on the assertion that the employer’s policy of only allowing three consecutive…
24
Feb 2017
A report by the King’s Fund has urged MPs to back proposals by local health managers to redesign NHS services in a bid for them to be run more cost effectively and offer a better standard of care. The proposals could lead to the closure of maternity wards, accident and emergency units, cancer units and…
24
Feb 2017
A new report published by NHS Improvement, has urged doctors to allow full-term sick babies to stay with their mothers whenever possible, rather than being placed in special care units. Keeping the mother and baby together encourages breastfeeding and enables the pair to bond, which could help with the baby’s development later on. Furthermore, within…
22
Feb 2017
Recent research from Will Aid shows that approximately 27 million of the 51 million adults living in the UK today do not have a Will – just over half of our population. This research highlights four of main reason why people have not yet made a Will: They simply hadn’t got round to it; Many…
22
Feb 2017
It has been reported across a number of media outlets that the Court of Appeal last week ruled that Tini Owens could not progress her divorce on the basis of the statement in her petition setting out what she considers to be her husband’s unreasonable behaviour. Whilst Mrs Owens was of the view that the…
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Feb 2017
The GMB union have called on the government to intervene on bullying claims at South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) and a news report by the Daily Telegraph has described a ‘culture of bullying’, claiming workers are being subjected to harassment and abuse. A number of 999 call handlers said that they were under so…
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