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Employment Blawg

Should Lookism Become a Newly Recognized Form of Discrimination?

January 24, 2013

Guest post from US legal bloggers. During the telecast of the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, the cameras lingered on a young woman in the stands, who was watching her boyfriend quarterback for Alabama. Sportscaster Brent Musburger enthused about the woman’s good looks and received some criticism for his remarks from critics who noted that […]

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Report shows progress in boardroom equality

January 13, 2013

Guest post from ELE regarding equality in the boardroom. A progress report from Cranfield School of Management, published 18 months after Lord Davies’ review into women on boards, has revealed some encouraging developments. The report found that the number of women recruited to the boardrooms of the UK’s largest companies has increased, and there has […]

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Workplace bullying impacts on family life – employment law guest post

January 12, 2013

Guest post from ELB’s employment lawyers in Birmingham. The impact of workplace bullying and harassment is not only felt within the confines of the workplace, but can have a significant ‘ripple-effect’ on family members, including children and grandparents, according to a recent survey. High levels of stress The study, by parent support charity Family Lives, […]

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Pay and opportunities – survey highlights gender gap

January 9, 2013

Guest employment law blog post from employment lawyers based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Contact ELE for specialist employment law advice today. The gender pay gap costs women executives around £400,000 over the course of their careers, according to the latest figures from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The issue is partly caused by the opportunities gap, […]

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Legal Cover and the Art of Expecting the Unexpected

December 17, 2012

Guest post regarding legal cover and the art of expecting the unexpected. The vast majority of us are lucky enough to be able to live our lives without expecting apocalyptic calamity to rain down upon us around every corner. It is important to live life hoping for the best but at the same time it […]

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Shift in nature of industrial conflict

December 7, 2012

Guest post regarding a shift in the nature of industrial conflict. The past fifty years have seen a marked change in the ways that trade unions put employers under pressure, according to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The role of employee relations professional has changed too – to […]

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How to Prohibit Discrimination and Harassment at Your Workplace

December 3, 2012

Guest blog post regarding prohibiting discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Harassment & Discrimination are behavioral traits that are uncalled for, unwanted, unreasonable and offensive to the sufferer, which results in creation of hostile, humiliating and intimidating work environment for that person. Harassment & Discrimination can be of varied types and could principally be based […]

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Protecting the Rights of Construction Workers with Employment Posters

November 30, 2012

Guest post regarding construction workers and employment law rights (mainly based on US law). Construction trade provides the largest number of employment opportunities all over the country to more than 7 million workers. Construction is a never-ending process, as each day new buildings and developments take place. It can be rightly said that the construction […]

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Claiming from your boss after an accident

November 29, 2012

Guest post regarding accident claims at work. When you’re at work, you feel under pressure to constantly impress your employer by doing the best job you can. For fear of losing your job, you want to perform every minute of every hour of every day, but there are some things that can affect your ability […]

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What is a workplace accident claim?

November 28, 2012

Guest post regarding workplace accident claims. A workplace accident is one in which you receive physical or mental harm at work which is unintentional and unexpected. These accidents can be massively traumatic for the sufferer, often meaning that you may be worried to go back to work for fear of further harm or simply are […]

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