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UK government in breach of European employment law
News The way the government brought in working time regulations in this country was to exclude anybody with less than 13 weeks employment with the same employer from the right to paid holiday leave," said Jennie Walsh at Thompsons -- the UK law firm...
[June 26, 2001, 14:17]
Word Processors under British employment law
Talkback Need to be available for use by the handicapped. Companies are expected to use reasonable means to enable their work place to be disabled friendly and reasonable means would include using MS Office instead of geek ware.
[November 19, 2007, 10:40]
Google seeks early win in Microsoft battle
News In court papers filed Friday, Google argued that "this motion for summary judgment is made on the grounds that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact" and that the noncompete clause of Microsoft's employment contract violates California...
[August 30, 2005, 9:20]
ICO: Name organisations at employment tribunal
News Employment law experts said that small companies involved in disputes may now be exposed to direct marketing by tribunal-services companies. There is a danger that the publication will lead to contact from companies," Ben Doherty of Pinsent Masons...
[October 16, 2008, 15:31]
Women's employment rights are strengthened
News Aileen Lauder, an employment lawyer at Landwell Solicitors believes that this change in the law "will not make a big difference in practical terms. Meriel Schindler, head of employment at Withers, a City law firm says, "The reversal of the burden...
[October 10, 2001, 18:17]
RIPA and Human Rights Act conflict
News A change of employment contract instigated by a change in law would provide acceptable grounds for legal dismissal," he says. Partner in law firm Olswang Catherine Taylor argues it is unfair that employees have to sign away their privacy when they...
[October 3, 2000, 12:49]
F-Secure attacks smartphone spying software
News One employment law specialist has advised businesses considering monitoring employee communications that, under UK data protection laws, employees should be aware that calls are being monitored. In order to monitor employees lawfully, employers...
[October 1, 2007, 16:28]
Email: When E stands for embarrassing
News You've got to think that anything you put in email might be looked at by unfriendly eyes and you have to be ready for that," said Beth Schroeder, partner in the employment law department at Los Angeles-based Silver and Freedman.
[May 17, 2002, 12:29]
Ex-Sun worker files discrimination suit
News Last month, a Department of Labor administrative law judge ruled that Santiglia, who decided midway through proceedings to represent himself, had failed to prove the company significantly violated employment law.
[March 19, 2003, 13:50]
2001: Protecting intellectual property
News Experts insist that problems like the Norton Rose case in December 2000, where a law firm employee was caught forwarding an email containing sensitive personal details on a global scale, could have been avoided.
[December 30, 2001, 6:31]
UPDATE: Microsoft to be sued for racial bias
News In a media alert issued by the a public relations firm representing Gary's law firm, the lawyers claim that in 1999 Microsoft employed 21,429 people, 2.6 percent of whom were African-American. Coincidentally, US district judge Thomas Penfield...
[January 3, 2001, 9:45]
Flexible-working rights for parents extended
News From Monday, businesses will be required to consider flexible-working requests from more of their employees, a change in the law that is likely to boost home working. The law has now been extended to parents with children up to the age of 16...
[April 6, 2009, 17:19]
Zen Internet Offers Successful Home Worker Solution to Peninsula Business Services
White Papers Peninsula Business Services Ltd provides Health, Safety, Personnel and Employment Law consultancy to a wide client base across the UK. Peninsula's Internet connectivity was proving too slow and inefficient, taking up valuable business time.
[August 4, 2008, 19:08]
Time staff sent home as work dries up
Talkback WORKING WITH NO EMPLOYMENT LAW NOTICE OR HEALTH AND SAFTY POSTER. IF I DONT GET MY MONEY I WILL GO TO NEWS PAPERS AND EXPOSE THE DODGY DEALINGS, LIKE SENDING CASH UP TO HEAD OFFICE IN A SILVER SERVICE BAG.
[August 1, 2005, 16:19]
Legal Suite
Downloads HANDLES THE FOLLOWING LEGAL PRACTICES: Bankruptcy Law Civil Litigation Law Constitutional Law Consumer Law Corporate Law Courts Criminal Law Employment Law Family Law General Law Health Law Immigration Law Injury Law Intellectual Property Law...
[September 23, 2009, 15:00]
The Law & HRM: An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to provide a portrait of the evolution of the law relevant to the employee-employer relationship, and to examine management practices that enable organizations to acquire a basic understanding of related laws.
[May 1, 2009, 1:18]
On a Network Forensics Model for Information Security
White Papers This paper for the first time discusses the concept model of network forensics system, which can give guidance for the implementation of network forensics system and the formalization of the network forensics procedure, which is a principle...
[June 24, 2009, 16:02]
US employers face porn spam minefield
News Graphic images appearing unbidden on PCs by way of email inboxes could qualify as evidence of a "hostile work environment," something that's prohibited by federal employment law. Joanna Grossman, a professor of law at Hofstra University, who writes...
[April 7, 2003, 12:28]
Most Internet abuse dismissals related to porn
News These figures show the problem of Internet and email abuse is widespread," said Sarah Lamont from employment law firm Bevan Ashford. If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the Jobs Forum.
[July 9, 2002, 16:50]
SEC raises tensions at the Googleplex
News Garry Mathiason, senior partner at labour and employment law firm Littler Mendelson, said he recalls a similar situation for about a dozen other technology companies over the years, adding that the filings caused some distress for otherwise good...
[January 10, 2005, 13:20]
