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Sep 2016
New research published by the conciliatory body ACAS has suggested that employees with visible tattoos face discrimination in the work place and in the application process. The research suggests that, within the application and recruitment process, employers are concerned about how visible tattoos will be perceived by customers and ACAS has set out a warning…
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Sep 2016
The Ministry of Justice published the tribunal statistics bulletin early in September for the period April – June 2016. The bulletin is published quarterly and reports on important information relating to tribunals. In 2013 fees were imposed for those making applications to the employment tribunal and this has had a significant impact on the number…
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Sep 2016
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered the issue of whether pay protection can amount to a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act 2010, applying this to an employee who moved into another role because of his disability. Employers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments where it knows or ought to know that an…
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Sep 2016
If you run a fleet of vehicles, it is important that your record keeping is up to date so that you can reply to a notice of intended prosecution that your administrative department may receive. It is important not to ignore the notice because, as the registered keeper of the vehicle, you are responsible for…
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Sep 2016
A Hertfordshire based construction firm has received a large fine following a roofing accident in 2013 when a labourer fell from a partly demolished roof and suffered serious injury. Sadly no scaffolding had been provided and the worker was not being supervised. As a result the labourer fell 5m from the roof to the ground…
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Sep 2016
The delivery company Hermes is facing an investigation in to allegations that it is failing to meet national minimum wage obligations. At Chadwick Lawrence we have seen a number of national minimum wage investigations by HMRC not just involving large businesses but, more frequently, smaller businesses who have failed to comply with the national minimum…
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