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Exploring Toronto – The Beaches

Toronto always surprises me. Everytime that I think I have seen every nook and cranny I find a new place to explore. Here are some pictures of the Beaches area, which I would recommend that you check out. Here is a link … Continue reading

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Plans for Equality Reform published by the Home Office

Plans for Equality Reform published by the Home Office Details of a number of planned equality reforms have been published today on the Home Office web site after the “Red Tape Challenge”: which, although it sounds like the name of … Continue reading

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The Queen’s speech (2012) “no alarms and no surprises please”

There were no surprises in the Queen’s speech. The notes to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill state that the government will “Overhaul the employment tribunal system, and transform the dispute resolution landscape”. This rather vague aspiration will give the government … Continue reading

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Suggestion that aggrieved employee was “playing the race card” was direct discrimination

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently upheld an Employment Tribunal‘s decision that a black employee, who complained about his manager’s conduct, was discriminated against directly when a senior manager commented erroneously that his complaint was one of race discrimination. … Continue reading

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Case Summary – Miss I Zarkasi v Ms Luisa Anindita and Mr Meng Tse Tan – UKEAT/0400/11/JOJ

Facts The appellant, Ms Zarkasi, was an Indonesian woman who having agreed to assume a false identity, obtained a passport and tourist visa which enabled her to enter the UK. Ms Zarkasi lived and worked with the Respondents in the UK … Continue reading

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The gender imbalance on EU corporate boards

A recent European Commission report[1] highlights the limited progress made one year after EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding, called for publicly listed companies to voluntarily increase women’s presence on corporate boards[2]. The EU’s response has been the … Continue reading

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Revised timetable for auto-enrolment staging dates issued

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a revised timetable of staging dates for auto-enrolment which has details of a delay in implementing staging dates for “small businesses” proposed on 28 November 2011 by the pensions minister, Steve Webb. … Continue reading

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Consultation on proposed increases to High Court and Court of Appeal fees

  The Ministry of Justice has recently launched a consultation on proposed changes to fees in the High Court and Court of Appeal Civil Division. The consultation is aimed at users of the High Court and Court of Appeal Civil … Continue reading

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Mr. Brodie Clark to claim constructive dismissal

Mr. Brodie Clark to claim constructive dismissal Mr. Brodie Clark, the former chief of the UK Border Agency, has indicated that he intends to lodge a claim in the employment tribunal for constructive dismissal. His statement, released via the FDA … Continue reading

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What should we do about Executive Pay?

A recent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) discussion paper on executive remuneration highlights that the median total remuneration of FTSE100 CEOs has risen from an average of £1m to £4.2m for the period 1998-2010, continuing an upward trajectory at a time when … Continue reading

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