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	<title>CLB Employment Solutions Blog</title>
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	<description>Welcome to the CLB Employment Solutions blog. This is where we share information, news and views about CLB Employment Solutions and employment law in general. Feel free to get involved. We&#039;d love to hear from you.</description>
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		<title>administrations, TUPE and redundancies</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/administrations-tupe-and-redundancies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[administrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insolvency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TUPE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-pack administrations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact of modern life that it seems that new administrations for high street retailers and other businesses seem to be announced almost every working day. A key concern in the context of employment law and, more &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/administrations-tupe-and-redundancies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>award of nearly 1m pounds for race discrimination and unfair dismissal</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/award-of-nearly-1m-pounds-for-race-discrimination-and-unfair-dismissal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/award-of-nearly-1m-pounds-for-race-discrimination-and-unfair-dismissal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensation for race discrimination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A former NHS worker, Elliot Browne, has been awarded &#163;933,115 in compensation for race discrimination and unfair dismissal. Mr Browne was a divisional director at Central Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust until he was dismissed in 2008. An employment tribunal &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/award-of-nearly-1m-pounds-for-race-discrimination-and-unfair-dismissal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>new pay rates, tribunal award limits and postponed pension provisions</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/new-pay-rates-tribunal-award-limits-and-postponed-pension-provisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/new-pay-rates-tribunal-award-limits-and-postponed-pension-provisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions enrolment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statutory pay rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tribunal awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New statutory pay rates From 1 April the standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay increases from &#163;128.73 to &#163;135.45 per week. From 6 April the standard rate of statutory sick pay increases from &#163;81.60 to &#163;85.85 per &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/new-pay-rates-tribunal-award-limits-and-postponed-pension-provisions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>dismissal fair even though conduct not &quot;reprehensible&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/dismissal-fair-even-though-conduct-not-reprehensible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/dismissal-fair-even-though-conduct-not-reprehensible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Appeal Tribunal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misconduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal proceedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misconduct outside workplace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in RBS v Donaghay has clarified a question which may not be obvious at the inception of disciplinary proceedings but often emerges in the course of the process: if an employee is to &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/dismissal-fair-even-though-conduct-not-reprehensible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>should a tribunal allow adjournments because a claimant is unwell?</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/should-a-tribunal-allow-adjournments-because-of-the-claimants-ill-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/should-a-tribunal-allow-adjournments-because-of-the-claimants-ill-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[employment tribunals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adjournment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although not dealing with any new principles of law, the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of O&#8217;Cathail v Transport for London provides useful guidance about how tribunals should approach requests for adjournments from claimants on the &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/should-a-tribunal-allow-adjournments-because-of-the-claimants-ill-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>reasonable for employee to reject alternatives to redundancy which would have been accepted by a reasonable employee</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/reasonable-for-employee-to-reject-alternatives-to-redundancy-which-would-have-been-accepted-by-a-reasonable-employee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/reasonable-for-employee-to-reject-alternatives-to-redundancy-which-would-have-been-accepted-by-a-reasonable-employee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[redundancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refusal of alternative]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is it reasonable for someone to refuse a job offer as an alternative to redundancy if a reasonable person would have accepted the job offered? Yes, according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Readman v Devon Primary Care Trust. Mrs &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/reasonable-for-employee-to-reject-alternatives-to-redundancy-which-would-have-been-accepted-by-a-reasonable-employee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>unfair dismissal qualifying period change will not be retrospective</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/unfair-dismissal-qualifying-period-change-will-not-be-retrospective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/unfair-dismissal-qualifying-period-change-will-not-be-retrospective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qualifying period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/?p=1799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we reported last month, the qualifying period in order to bring a claim of unfair dismissal is being restored to two years. Although the change will come into force this April it will only apply to employees whose employment &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/unfair-dismissal-qualifying-period-change-will-not-be-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TUC rails against &quot;chequebook justice&quot; in tribunals</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/tuc-rails-against-chequebook-justice-in-tribunals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/tuc-rails-against-chequebook-justice-in-tribunals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[employment law reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment tribunals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment tribunal fees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/?p=1793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a widely reported speech made on 20 January, TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has launched a vigorous attack on what he has called &#34;chequebook justice&#34; as a result of the government&#8217;s plans to introduce fees for employment tribunal proceedings. &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/tuc-rails-against-chequebook-justice-in-tribunals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>extended parental leave to be postponed for one year</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/extended-parental-leave-to-be-postponed-for-one-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/extended-parental-leave-to-be-postponed-for-one-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[parental leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extension of leave period]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/?p=1785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It had been expected that the government would implement updated provisions of the Parental Leave Directive requiring member states (if they had not already done so) to extend the period of unpaid parental leave available to parents by 5 March &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/extended-parental-leave-to-be-postponed-for-one-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BIS launches mediation trials but are they necessary?</title>
		<link>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/bis-launches-mediation-trials-but-are-they-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/bis-launches-mediation-trials-but-are-they-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ACAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mediation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative dispute resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mediation training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/?p=1777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 23 January the Employment Relations Minister, Edward Davey, announced a pilot scheme for regional mediation networks for SMEs. This has resulted from the government&#8217;s Resolving Workplace Disputes consultation which opened with the consultation document in January 2011 and closed &#8230; <a href="http://www.clbemployment.com/blog/2012/01/bis-launches-mediation-trials-but-are-they-necessary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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