A 300 year old Act of Parliament has been brought into the 21st century with a ruling by the Court of Appeal on how it applies to email communication, in a judgement that sounds a warning bell for companies negotiating contract guarantees.
For the judgement opens the way to email exchanges being used instead of a [...]
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Changes designed to stimulate employment look unlikely to make things easier for business in the short term, with a continuing muddy swamp of employment legislation.
As business watches for the hoped-for rise in economic activity, employers are being warned to check the small print on recently introduced employment legislation.
The qualifying period of continuous employment [...]
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Employers are advised to plan ahead for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee holiday in June. In order to mark the occasion, the last bank holiday in May has been moved to Monday, 4 June 2012 and there will be an extra bank holiday on Tuesday, 5 June. Bonus! Acas has also published guidance on what to [...]
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