Employment Blawg | Employment Blawg (AKA LabourBlawg) - Part 5

Employment Blawg

Using Compromise Agreements to Resolve Workplace Disputes

July 16, 2012

The following is a guest employment law blog post regarding the use of compromise agreements to resolve workplace disputes. Dispute resolution is vital and any failure to engage in dispute resolution could lead to either an employer or an employee being penalised by an employment tribunal if the dispute results in litigation. There are several […]

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Social Media Use by Employees and UK Employment Law

July 10, 2012

The following is a guest employment blawg post regarding social media use by employees and UK employment law. Social media is changing the way we do everything, not least the way businesses are run. Social media now has a large part to play in sales, marketing, recruitment and public relations. Accordingly, UK employment law has […]

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The cost of a pardon in Canada

July 4, 2012

The following is a guest blog post regarding pardons under Canadian law which discusses some of the employment difficulties for pardon applicants. Since Canada’s pardon program has a success rate of 96% why did the Conservative government want to limit the number of pardons being granted? In other words, if it wasn’t broken, why did […]

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Workers who are sick on annual leave are entitled to extra time off

July 2, 2012

Below is a guest UK employment law blog post regarding a recent ECJ decision which held that employees who are sick on annual leave are entitled to extra time off. The Law on Annual Leave Employees are legally entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks / 28 days paid annual leave (if they are working […]

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Top 5 most viewed employment law blogs on LabourBlawg: May-June 2012

June 30, 2012

Below are the top 5 most viewed employment law blog posts published on LabourBlawg over May and June this year (out of a total of 10 blawg posts published during that period). These have been ranked by the number of pageviews according to Google Analytics, which is often a useful indicator of quality of the […]

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London Olympic Bus Strikes: Employment Issues

June 25, 2012

Below is a guest employment law blog post regarding the recent London Olympic Games bus strikes. For expert employment law advice, contact employment lawyers in Stirling. On Friday 22nd June 2012 London bus drivers began a 24 hour strike following the breakdown in talks between Transport for London (TFL) and Unite, which is Britain’s largest […]

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Man Wins Landmark Age Discrimination Compensation Claim

April 16, 2012

Below is a guest employment (discrimination law) blog post regarding a recent successful age discrimination claim. A man who worked as engineer from Whittlesey has successfully won an age discrimination compensation claim described by experts as a ‘landmark’ case. The ex-employee of local engineering company, R&R Plant Hire, told Michael Bailey, to retire when he […]

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23 of the best: employment law blogs and news from last week

March 26, 2012

Below are ten of last week’s best employment law blogs and news posts from around the web. If you have published or found a useful employment law-related post that isn’t mentioned, please do add a link to the comments section below. Transfer of Undertakings: Johnson Controls Ltd v Mr Campbell/United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority | […]

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Welcome to Labour Blawg

April 24, 2011

Welcome to Labour Blawg. This is a legal news service on employment law for employment law solicitors and the general public on all employment law issues, as they affect both employers and employees. Some of the most common employment law issues relate to employment contracts, discrimination law including sex discrimination, age discrimination and disability discrimination […]

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