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25 January 2012

Employee makes a grave error

An employee from Brookville, Pennsylvania has made a fatal error by trying to get away with an unauthorised absence from work by pretending that his mother had died.
24 January 2012

Increase in unfair dismissal qualifying period to affect only new employees?

As we reported on 24 November last year, on 6 April 2012 the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase from one to two years.
24 January 2012

Dismissals made in error cannot be retracted

In a recent Court of Appeal case, CF Capital plc v Willoughby, the Court held that a dismissal letter sent to an employee in error could not be withdrawn by the employer.
23 January 2012

Supreme Court ruling in offshore workers’ holiday battle

Offshore oilrig workers have lost their legal battle over holidays in a Supreme Court judgment that the RMT Union has described as “a slap in the face”.

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Mock Tribunal

Glasgow

30 January 2012 - 17:30 to 20:00

Bob Smith is a less than perfect employee. With sexist emails, abusive comments on Facebook and worse, Bob's employer has had enough and he is very swiftly an ex-employee. But Bob's a fighter and is challenging his sacking at an employment tribunal.
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Mock Tribunal

Edinburgh

31 January 2012 - 17:30 to 20:00

Bob Smith is a less than perfect employee. With sexist emails, abusive comments on Facebook and worse, Bob's employer has had enough and he is very swiftly an ex-employee. But Bob's a fighter and is challenging his sacking at an employment tribunal.
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Avoiding social media eruptions

Edinburgh

07 February 2012 - 09:00 to 10:30

The surge in use of social and business networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook is starting to cause serious management and HR problems because of the clash between privacy and free speech with business objectives and reputations.
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Avoiding social media eruptions

Inverness

09 February 2012 - 13:00 to 14:30

The surge in use of social and business networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook is starting to cause serious management and HR problems because of the clash between privacy and free speech with business objectives and reputations.
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Avoiding social media eruptions

Aberdeen

10 February 2012 - 09:00 to 10:30

The surge in use of social and business networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook is starting to cause serious management and HR problems because of the clash between privacy and free speech with business objectives and reputations.
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