April 2012 LAWmail April 2012 LAWmail is designed to keep you up to date with developments in employment law, HR practice and health & safety. It is written for those with and without a formal HR background. We hope you find it useful. 03 April 2012 Employment law changes - April 2012 It is that time of year again and we thought we thought it prudent to remind our readers of the changes coming into effect this Friday, 6 April 2012.[...] News Gerry O'Hare Employment law 06 April 2012 Redundancy - carrying out a fair selection The EAT has provided further useful guidance on the steps that an employer must take when considering potentially redundant employees for alternative positions within the business. [...] News Fiona McBeath Employment law 16 April 2012 Lawful age discrimination: is cost alone a legitimate justification? The Court of Appeal has recently delivered its judgment in the high profile employment case, Woodcock v. North Cumbria Primary Care Trust .[...] News Greg Fletcher Employment law 10 April 2012 Protection from racist language The case of Moxam v Visible Changes Ltd & anor , is a useful reminder that a Claimant need not be of any particular race or nationality to claim race discrimination.[...] News Daniel Gorry Employment law 18 April 2012 New panel to tackle 'ridiculous' safety rules The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has established a panel of “myth-busters” to examine ‘risk-averse’ or erroneous decisions by external bodies as another way of bringing “common sense” back to health & safety.[...] News Thomas Elliott Health & safety 19 April 2012 A trio of titillating titbits from the world of employment law What’s that I hear you say? Employment law is boring?! Read on, friend- there are just too many weird and wonderful things happening in the world of employment law that we simply had to share with you…[...] News Heather Kemmett Employment law