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[picappgallerysingle id=”1633994″ align=”left”] In our June 2009 newsletter we reported the case of Linda Sturdy, a senior NHS manager who was passed over for promotion because of her age. Unfortunately, when told that she was 57 a manager commented “I didn’t realise you were so old”. The upshot was that she received an award for…
[picappgallerysingle id=”4773122″ align=”left”]This article in the US Columbus Dispatch reminded me of many a lively day when I managed the Virgin Megastore in York in the mid 80s. Walmart employee Heather Ravenstein has been sacked after challenging a man who walked out of the store with a $600 computer without paying for it. Although she…
According to a report in the London Evening Standard a convicted child trafficker was arrested when she turned up at her own discrimination hearing at the Central London Employment Tribunal. Peace Sandberg was jailed for 26 months when she bought a three month old baby in Nigeria for £150 and tried to pass it off…
Employers concerned about extension of flexible working rights: http://bit.ly/9LqCuh
Contributors to construction industry blacklists to be named and shamed: http://bit.ly/bddBwi
BA considering appeal to Supreme Court: http://bit.ly/aznNH3
Towergate and Allianz announce insurance “coalition” for employment law advice. Would you use an insurer or a law firm? – just saying…
[picappgallerysingle id=”285602″ align=”left”]Hidden away in the coalition agreement is the following: We will review IR35, as part of a wholesale review of all small business taxation, and seek to replace it with simpler measures that prevent tax avoidance but do not place undue administrative burdens or uncertainty on the self-employed, or restrict labour market flexibility.…
[picappgallerysingle id=”2916067″ align=”left”] Salary sacrifice schemes have been heavily promoted in recent years as a more imaginative and beneficial way of providing employee benefits. Schemes typically cover pension contributions, childcare vouchers, staff meals, cycle-to-work schemes and public travel allowances. Such arrangements have also been regarded as tax efficient. However, the overall benefit of such schemes…