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I Got Hurt on the Job – What Do I Do Now?

November 20, 2013

Injuries at the workplace occur every day, even when employees are following all of the safety regulations and using proper safety gear. In some cases, the injury is so severe that it requires medical attention to treat the injury effectively. The expenses for this medical treatment can really start to add up, even if it […]

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National Grid fined by Magistrates’ Court after injury to worker

November 20, 2013

National Grid has been heavily fined by the Norwich Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety regulations. An employee of National Grid Gas plc (who does not wish to be named for personal reasons) was working on temporary pipework attached to a recompression unit when the accident occurred in […]

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Employment Mediation Can Help Stop Bullying in the Workplace

November 6, 2013

Depending on who is doing the speaking, there is growing discussion currently on whether employment mediation could be useful in cases of workplace bullying. For every practitioner or HR professional who suggests that intervention by means of mediation could be useful there is another who suggests otherwise. The key then is to explore why the […]

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Building firm in court after worker suffers serious injuries at work

November 5, 2013

A Yorkshire-based building firm has been heavily fined after it admitted two breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. An unnamed 50-year-old construction worker was working for his employer, HACS Construction Limited, on 7 August 2012 when the accident occurred. On the day in question the worker was using a saw to cut through […]

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Banker labelled “crazy miss Cokehead” wins Employment Tribunal claim

November 5, 2013

A successful female banker who was forced out of her job after being labelled “a major car crash” and a “cokehead” has won her employment tribunal claims for sexual harassment, victimisation, sex discrimination and unfair dismissal against a major eastern European bank, The Mail Online reports. Miss Svetlana Lokhova worked for Sberbank – the biggest […]

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Care about Workers: Stand Against Zero Hour Contracts

November 5, 2013

There are now a million zero-hour employees in Britain. With enough members of the public out of work during this economic downturn, people are desperate for any earning opportunities they can get their hands on. Even if that means that hours aren’t fixed and neither is their pay cheque. One month can be spent working […]

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The Latest Updates Regarding Minimum Wage In The UK

November 4, 2013

The National Minimum Wage is how much employers have to pay workers per hour by law. Minimum Wage is a way of ensuring that workers get paid what they should do by law, but unfortunately some companies try to get away with paying lower than the minimum wage. On the 1st of October 2013, the […]

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Unemployment issues: what to do if you think you’ve been mistreated

October 29, 2013

Guest post regarding mistreatment at work and employment law. Losing your job is a horrible experience but it’s even worse if that dismissal was, in your opinion, undeserved or unwarranted. You feel let down with no option of doing much about it. You’re struggling to take on a massive organisation, all on your own, an […]

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Paying Worker’s Comp “Under-the-Table”

October 26, 2013

It is not uncommon for employers to pay workers “under-the-table.” Paying under-the-table typically means that the employer pays the worker in cash. In doing so there is no record of the payment. Thus, the employer avoids paying taxes and fees related to that worker including unemployment compensation insurance premiums. Also referred to as paying the […]

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Nursery teacher banned from speaking Polish in breaks at work wins Employment Tribunal claim

October 24, 2013

A nursery school teacher who was banned from speaking Polish in her workplace has won her Employment Tribunal claim after she contended that she was directly discriminated against, harassed and victimized by her former employer. Mrs Barbara Jurga, 56, who is of Polish national origin, came to the United Kingdom in 1991 and joined her […]

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