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2008

Date Title
August 5, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 153: Changes to Entitlements During Additional Maternity Leave

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 9, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 152: “Informal” grievance still amounts to a statutory grievance

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 7, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 151: Disability-related discrimination – House of Lords clarify new “comparator” test

Type: UK Employment Alert

April 18, 2008

New Employment Law Triples Exposure for Massachusetts Employers

Type: On the Subject

April 4, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 150: Changes to Sex Discrimination Legislation

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 28, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 149: Changes to Immigration Rules Affecting Employers

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 28, 2008

FMLA Expanded to Include Leave for Families of U.S. Servicemembers

Type: On the Subject

February 7, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 148: Court of Appeal rules on agency workers

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 15, 2008

UK Employment Alert No. 147A: Developments to look out for in 2008

Type: UK Employment Alert

 

2007

Date Title
November 23, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 147: Dismissal on grounds that employee not entitled to work in the UK

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 29, 2007

UK Employment Alert 146: Scope of collective redundancy consultation extended

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 19, 2007

UK Employment Alert 145: Objectively justifying age discrimination in the UK - pensions

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 30, 2007

UK Employment Alert 144: Dismissal at the behest of a third party

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 17, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 143: Enforceable restrictive covenants

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 7, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 141: Burden of Proof in Reasonable Adjustment Cases

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 4, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 140: Policies regarding personal relationships at work justified

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 30, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 139- Contemporaneous notes made by an employer

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 2, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 138: Victimisation and Equal Pay Claims

Type: UK Employment Alert

April, 24, 2007

Employment Alert No. 137: Agency workers: Who does employ them?

Type: UK Employment Alert

April 10, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 136: Part-timers and Bank Holidays

Type: UK Employment Alert

April 2, 2007

UK Employment No. 135: Employment Law Changes Taking Effect in April 2007

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 23, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 134: Taxation issues when paying in lieu of notice

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 22, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 133: Who owns IP rights created during employment?

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 22, 2007

Employment Alert No. 132: Expired Warnings and Dismissals

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 20, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 131: EAT upholds uplift of 40% for failure to send "step 1" letter

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 31, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 130: Employers must specifically raise employee grievance failure

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 30, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 129: Where to Claim?

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 12, 2007

UK Employment Alert No. 128 - Dismissal where employer responsible for stress related illness

Type: UK Employment Alert

 

2006

Date Title
December 1, 2006

UK Employment Alert No. 127 - Increase in Employment Protection Awards 2007

Type: UK Employment Alert

November 29, 2006

UK Employment Alert No. 126 - Contractual Disciplinary Procedure More Onerous than DDP

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 1, 2006

Employment Alert No. 125 - New Legislation Update

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 28, 2006

Employment Alert 123: Age Discrimination - The New Regulations

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 8, 2006

Employment & Pensions Alert - Age Discrimination

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 15, 2006

Employment Alert No. 122 - Maternity/Paternity: Are we any closer to a unified and simplified position?

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 10, 2006

Employment Alert No. 121 - Further scope for extension of implied terms in contracts of employment

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 10, 2006

Employment Alert No. 120: What is the link between 10 July 2006 and Fixed Term Employees?

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 14, 2006

U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling Expands the Definition of Bias Retaliation

Type: On the Subject

July 11, 2006

Same-Gender Marriage Developments Force Benefit Plan Sponsors to Reconcile Conflicting Messages - Part 2

Type: On the Subject

June 29, 2006

Same-Gender Marriage Developments Force Benefit Plan Sponsors to Reconcile Conflicting Messages

Type: On the Subject

June 13, 2006

Employment Alert No. 119: Miles v Gilbank - Senior Manager’s Personal liability for 100% of award for discrimination

Type: UK Employment Alert

April 10, 2006

Employment Alert No. 118 - Employer's defence to harassment claims

Type: UK Employment Alert

April 2006

International News, Issue 1, 2006

Type: International News

March 31, 2006

Employment Alert No. 117: New Legislation coming into force on 6 April 2006

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 13, 2006

Age Discrimination in the UK

Type: On the Subject

March 13, 2006

Employment Alert No. 116: Age Discrimination - The New Regulations

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 3, 2006

Employment Alert No: 115 - Occupational Pension Scheme (Cross-border Activities) Regulations 2005

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 4, 2006

Employment Alert No. 114: Employers Fixed with Constructive Knowledge of Disability

Type: UK Employment Alert

 

2005

Date Title
December 15, 2005

Employment Alert No. 113: Increase in Employment Protection Awards

Type: UK Employment Alert

November 17, 2005

Employment Alert No. 112: Compromise Agreements - No. 2

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 28, 2005

Employment Alert No. 111: Personality Dismissals

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 20, 2005

Age Discrimination in the UK

Type: On the Subject

October 5, 2005

Employment Alert No. 110: Employers Fixed With Constructive Knowledge of Disability

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 30, 2005

Employment Alert No. 109: New legislation coming into force on 1 October 2005

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 28, 2005

Employment Alert No. 108: Use of New ET1 and ET3 Forms - Compulsory

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 21, 2005

Employment Alert No. 107: What Constitutes Raising a Grievance?

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 2, 2005

Employment Alert No. 106 - Post Employment "Continuing Acts"

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 3, 2005

Employment Alert No. 105 - Flexible Working Requests

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 1, 2005

Employment Alert No. 104 - Discrimination and Harassment

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 27, 2005

Employment Alert No. 103 - Agency Workers

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 27, 2005

Recent Guidance on Selecting and Monitoring Service Providers

Type: On the Subject

June 24, 2005

Employment Alert No. 102: TUPE Regulations delayed

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 16, 2005

Employment Alert No. 101: Redundancy: Making Offers Of Alternative Employment

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 8, 2005

Employment Alert No. 100: Employer's liability for an employee's breach of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 10, 2005

Employment Alert No. 99: Compromise Agreements

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 5, 2005

Employment Alert No. 98: Bonuses & Maternity Leave

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 5, 2005

Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training for Supervisors

Type: On the Subject

April 18, 2005

Employment Alert No. 96: Statutory Maternity Pay and Pay Rises

Type: UK Employment Alert

April 8, 2005

Brussels Brief - April 8, 2005

Type: Brussels Brief

April 7, 2005

Supreme Court Allows “Disparate Impact” Lawsuits but Severely Limits Plaintiffs’ Ability to Succeed in Such Suits

Type: On the Subject

April 4, 2005

Employment Alert No. 95 - Changes Taking Effect from April 2005

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 9, 2005

Employment Alert No. 94 - Drawing Inferences Of Discrimination

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 2005

International News Winter 2005

Type: International News

February 15, 2005

Employment Alert No. 93 - ECJ’s Decision on Consultation in a Redundancy Situation

Type: UK Employment Alert

Febuary 8, 2005

Eleventh Circuit Addresses Geographically Diverse Employment Classes

Type: On the Subject

January 28, 2005

New Anti-Discrimination Act (ADA) in Germany

Type: On the Subject

January 27, 2005

Employment Alert No. 92 - Clarification on Employee Stress and Collective Consultation

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 24, 2005

Employment Alert No. 91 – An Employer's Duty to Consider Less Senior Positions...

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 5, 2005

Employment Alert No. 90 – Things to Watch Out For in 2005

Type: UK Employment Alert

 

2004

Date Title
December 2004

Employment Alert No. 89 – Increase in Employment Protection Awards

Type: UK Employment Alert

November 22, 2004

The 2004 FairPay Regulations: Is Your Workplace in Compliance?

Type: On the Subject

September 30, 2004

Employment Alert No. 88 - The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 13, 2004

Employment Alert No. 87 - Statutory Dispute Resolution

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 22, 2004

Employment Alert No. 86 - Section 6 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1996 (“DDA”)

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 15, 2004

Employment Alert No. 85 - Damages for Non-Economic Loss in Unfair Dismissal Cases

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 1, 2004

NLRB Limits Non-Union Employees' Rights to Representation

Type: On the Subject

July 1, 2004

U.S. Labor Department’s New Overtime Rules’ Effect on Employers

Type: On the Subject

May 20, 2004

Employment Alert No. 84 - The “Without Prejudice” Dismissal

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 12, 2004

Employment Alert No. 83 - Statutory Cap For Unfair Dismissal Damages

Type: UK Employment Alert

Spring 2004

International News Spring 2004

Type: International News

March 9, 2004

U.S. Agencies Propose Guidance on Electronic Job Applicants

Type: On the Subject

March 1, 2004

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Reverse Discrimintation Claims Under ADEA

Type: On the Subject

February 13, 2004

Employment Alert No. 82- Damages For Non-Economic Loss In Unfair Dismissal Cases

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 10, 2004

Employment Alert No. 81- Jurisdiction of Employment Tribunals – An Update

Type: UK Employment Alert

 

2003

Date Title
December 10, 2003

Employment Ramifications of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Decision Invalidating Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

Type: On the Subject

December 5, 2003

Employment Alert No. 80- Increase in Employment Protection Awards

Type: UK Employment Alert

December 1, 2003

Employment Alert No. 79- Employers’ Liability for Employees Using Mobile Telephones Whilst Driving

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 29, 2003

Employment Alert No. 78- Disabilty Discrimination: The Duty to Make Reasonable Adjustments Expanded

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 28, 2003

Employers May Require Employees to Sign Arbitration Agreements

Type: On the Subject

October 10, 2003

Employment Alert No. 77- Compulsory Retirement Ages

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 29, 2003

Employment Alert No. 76 - TUPE- Definition of Assignment

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 12, 2003

Employment Alert No. 74 - Time Off for Dependendants

Type: UK Employment Alert

September 4, 2003

Employment Alert No. 73 - Claims for Loss of a Chance to Claim Unfair Dismissal Ruled Out

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 12, 2003

Employment Alert No. 72 - Redundancy - Collective Consultation - Special Circumstances Defence

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 7, 2003

Employment Alert No. 71 - Redundancy - Payment of Protective Awards

Type: UK Employment Alert

August 1, 2003

Employment Alert No. 70 - Discrimination Update

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 28, 2003

Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction Of Uk Employment Tribunals

Type: On the Subject

July 17, 2003

Employment Alert No. 69 - Information and Consultation

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 14, 2003

Employment Alert No. 68 - Harassment - Employers' Liability for the Act of Third Parties

Type: UK Employment Alert

July 3, 2003

Employment Alert No. 67 - Discrimination After Termination of Employment

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 19, 2003

Employment Alert No. 66 - The Right to Claim Damages for Non-Economic Loss in Unfair Dismissal Cases

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 19, 2003

U.S. Supreme Court Makes Job Bias Easier to Prove

Type: On the Subject

June 11, 2003

Employment Alert No. 65 - The "Monitoring at Work" Code

Type: UK Employment Alert

June 10, 2003

Employment Alert No. 64 - Consultation on Directors' Compensation & Severance

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 27, 2003

Employment Alert No. 61 - Jurisdiction of Employment Tribunals

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 23, 2003

Employment Alert No. 63 - New Tax Act

Type: UK Employment Alert

May 13, 2003

Employment Alert No. 62 - Disability Discrimination - Employers' Liability for Third Parties

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 18, 2003

Employment Alert No. 59- Important Changes to UK Work Permit Processing

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 12, 2003

Employment Alert No. 58- Dress Codes

Type: UK Employment Alert

February 26, 2003

UK Green Paper Offers Proposals for Pension Provisions

Type: On the Subject

January 23, 2003

Employment Alert No. 57- Final Regulations for Request for Flexible Working

Type: UK Employment Alert

January 16, 2003

New Regulations in Labor and Welfare Legislation (Neuregelungen Im Arbeits- Und Sozialrecht)- German Text Only

Type: On the Subject

January 10, 2003

Employment Alert No. 56- Calling Up Reservists

Type: UK Employment Alert

 

2002

Date Title
December 19, 2002

Employment Alert No. 55- Career Breaks and Continuity of Employment

Type: UK Employment Alert

December 17, 2002

Employment Alert No. 54- How Employers Should Deal with Requests for Flexible Working

Type: UK Employment Alert

December 5, 2002

Employment Alert No. 53- Increase in Employment Protection Awards

Type: UK Employment Alert

November 19, 2002

Employment Alert No. 52- Family Friendly Policies: An Update

Type: UK Employment Alert

November 13, 2002

Employment Alert No. 51 - The Fire Brigade Strike

Type: UK Employment Alert

October 11, 2002

Employment Alert No. 50- Age Discrimination

Type: UK Employment Alert

March 2002

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Private Arbitration Agreement Is No Bar to EEOC Action

Type: On the Subject

 

2001

Date Title
December 2001

Employee Handbook Can Create Contract Rights Holds Massachusetts Appeals Court

Type: On the Subject

December 2001

New Limits on California Employers’ Ability to Defend Harassment Claims

Type: On the Subject

November 2001

IRS Expands Tax Benefits Of Charitable Contributions in Wake of Terrorist Attacks

Type: On the Subject

October 2001

Employment Issues Arising From September 11 Events

Type: On the Subject

August 2001

Changes to SAYE Bonus Rates

Type: On the Subject

June 2001

Supreme Court Clarifies Test for Determining Supervisory Status of Professional Employees

Type: On the Subject

 

2000

Date Title
July 2000

Client Advisory on the Worker Economic Opportunity Act

Type: On the Subject

July 2000

Non-Union Workers Entitled to Have Co-Worker Present During Disciplinary Meetings

Type: On the Subject

February 2000

Department of Labor Requires New Form to be Filed by Multiple Employer Welfare Plans (MEWAs)

Type: On the Subject

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