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Government confirms plans to remove ban on agency workers covering striking workers

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According to The Times, the government intends to repeal the ban on recruitment businesses supplying agency workers to replace employees while they are on strike. While the timing of the announcement may well be linked to rail strikes starting this week, the change is unlikely to be limited to any particular sector.

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS): call for evidence on future of UK labour market

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The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has launched a call for evidence into the UK labour market,, following announcements that Matt Warman MP to lead a review into the future of work and how the government can best shape the UK labour market so it is fit for the future.

Workplace Investigations: Top 7 questions answered

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When faced with employee disciplinary matters, sensitive or complex employee complaints, or instances where someone has “blown the whistle”, it’s vital to establish the facts, investigate properly and reach a fair decision.

Listed companies will be required to report on diversity targets

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The FCA has confirmed that listed companies will be required to report whether they have met specific board diversity targets as part of their annual financial report.

Right to Work Checks - changes from 6 April

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As an employer, it is essential that you keep up to date with the changes to right to work check rules, to make sure that you are doing everything needed to carry out compliant checks on your staff. If you don’t then you could face serious illegal working penalties and could lose your sponsor licence.

P&O redundancies: what are the legal implications?

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The initial dust has settled following P&O’s decision to dismiss almost 800 employees on ferries servicing British ports without engaging in consultation with the employee’s representatives or properly notifying the relevant authorities.

Employers need to revisit their data protection practices as Covid-19 measures are relaxed

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As Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed, much of the legislation that underpinned our lives for the last two years has expired. In response to this, the ICO have released some guidance on how this impacts data protection practices.

New Statutory Code of Practice for “Fire and Re-Hire”

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The Government have previously been reluctant to introduce legislation to govern the controversial practice of hire and re-hire, but in the wake of P&O Ferries dismissing 800 workers on the spot without any consultation process, they have recently revisited the issue.

Removing and retaining confidential information

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The Nissan v Passi case : what happened and key takeaways

Resignations and PILONS: PILON does not convert resignation into dismissal

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Exercising right to make PILON does not convert resignation into dismissal, for now at least…