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Property Matters: February 2015
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Property News from Rees Page Estate Agents - Helping people make the right move for over 130 years. Friday, February 20, 2015. The phrase “Property Owning Democracy” seems to have faded into oblivion. Indeed, the latest ONS figures suggest that for whole generations of the young and not so young owning their own home is now no more than a pipedream. Here are the startling statistics:-. Tuesday, February 03, 2015. The latter would be a game changer and one which may find favour with the majority of voters.
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UK Employer Lawyer: You Can't Say That!! - Why Not All Irish People Are Alcoholics
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Friday, November 07, 2014. You Can't Say That! Why Not All Irish People Are Alcoholics. That a teacher from County Kerry has been turned down for a job in South Korea because the employer had a policy of not employing Irish people. This was on the grounds of "the alcoholism nature of your kind" (sic.). Incidentally, the Equality Act specifically provides that alcoholism is not ...
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UK Employer Lawyer: June 2014
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Do You Have To Tell Your Employer Everything? Or Guilt By Association. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has found that a School was entitled to fairly dismiss an employee who failed to inform them that she was in a relationship with a registered sex offender. At no stage did A make her employer aware of the arrest or conviction of her partner. A was susp...
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UK Employer Lawyer: February 2014
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Employment Tribunal Awards to Go Up. The annual increase in the limits on certain Employment Tribunal Awards has been announced. These will come into effect on 6th April 2014 - the change used to take place on 1st February each year so this time round employment lawyers have been kept in suspense. Friday, February 07, 2014. That an Employment Tribu...
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UK Employer Lawyer: November 2013
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Friday, November 01, 2013. GOVERNMENT THREATENS CRACKDOWN ON UNPAID TRIBUNAL AWARDS. Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson has warned that the Government is looking to crack down on employers who fail to pay Employment Tribunal Awards. 12% had to resort to taking enforcement action through the County Court to achieve full or partial recovery. Ms Swinson said that this was no...
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UK Employer Lawyer: July 2015
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Friday, July 10, 2015. Are You Off Sick, On Holiday Or Both? The Employment Appeal Tribunal has handed down a Judgment. That helpfully clarifies the law around entitlement to holiday pay whilst off sick. Mr Plumb was a printer. As a result of an accident in April 2010 he was off work continuously until February 2014 at which point his employment was terminated. The EAT referred...
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UK Employer Lawyer: Don't Look It Up On The Internet - If You Are An Employment Tribunal
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Friday, November 14, 2014. Don't Look It Up On The Internet - If You Are An Employment Tribunal. In a recent Judgment. Overturning a Norwich Employment Tribunal decision that a Claimant was disabled the Employment Appeal Tribunal has reminded Employment Judges (and lay members) that there role is to adjudicate and not investigate. After the evidence was completed and legal subm...
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UK Employer Lawyer: Should Online Racists Be Sacked?
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Comment and news on UK Employment issues from Richard Ennis. Richard is the senior employment partner with Rees Page Solicitors. Monday, January 19, 2015. Should Online Racists Be Sacked? On the case of a Texas man who was sacked after a racial slur he used on Facebook came to the attention of his employer. Somebody shared it to a social media site which encourages people to report racists in order to get them fired. The right to privacy will not normally assist the employee - the case law suggests that ...
