Lucy Duane | LabourBlawg - Part 2

Lucy Duane

Employment Law Review: new Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure and an updated timeline

March 19, 2013

New Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure: background In November 2011, the Government invited Mr Justice Underhill to undertake an independent review of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure, to make the Rules simpler and to ensure efficient, proportionate and consistent management of claims. Mr Justice Underhill presented his recommendations to Ministers in July 2012, which […]

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WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK: recent developments in the protection given to whistleblowers under UK law

March 16, 2013

Whistleblowing has been a prominent feature in the headlines recently and public enquiries and scandals in many sectors have exposed the current protection for whistleblowers to scrutiny. Calls for change have intensified since Gary Walker, the former Chief Executive of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS, hit the headlines as he was “gagged” from raising concerns […]

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