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Jul 2015
The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has stated that, in principle, voluntary overtime can be included in calculating holiday pay. Although this case was decided in Northern Ireland, it could be persuasive throughout England and Wales. The Court looked at voluntary overtime as being overtime that an employer is not obliged to offer to its…
22
Jul 2015
The Court of Appeal has once again emphasised that an Employment Tribunal should not substitute its own view of what it considers that an employer should have done in cases of misconduct but should rather determine whether the decision of an employer to dismiss for misconduct was within what is known as the ‘band of…
22
Jul 2015
The first Conservative Budget of the new Parliament was announced on 08 July 2015. During the course of this Budget, there were several announcements which had significant implications for both employers and employees alike. The first of these is the introduction of what is to be called the new National Living Wage. This is effectively…
17
Jul 2015
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England, has disclosed that one in seven operations and procedures are unnecessary, calling for the ‘waste’ to be reduced. He also estimated that nearly 15 per cent of the NHS budget is currently being spent on procedures and treatments that should not be taking place, costing the Health…
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Jul 2015
Figures from NHS England show that the number of patients currently waiting for routine operations and procedures stands at 3.12 million, although as not all trusts report information, the true figure is estimated to be almost 3.4 million. These figures include over 6,100 patients who have been waiting for over a year for treatment or…
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Jul 2015
Figures released by the NHS show that over 135 patients with diabetes undergo an amputation every week, an increase of 17% in the last five years. It is estimated that in the UK there are currently 3.9 million adults with diabetes, a 62 per cent increase in ten years, and experts have warned that the…
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