Your search for ‘Ashby Cohen Solicitors Ltd’ returned 144 results

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released new data that shows a rise in the headline rate of unemployment coupled with a fall in employment.

Cotswold Geological Holdings Ltd is currently facing a charge under the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007.

The Unemployment Equality (Age) Regulations were introduced in October 2006 and are designed to give a greater degree of protection to older workers.

New research recently published by human resources specialist XpertHR has revealed that formal succession planning is not a high priority for most employers. In fact, less than one in four companies (23.3%) have a formal process in place for developing successors for key roles.

Viviane Reding, the EU Justice Commissioner, has stated that she will consider implanting quotas which will require businesses to hire more female workers if a meeting next year with the bosses of European companies does not produce the necessary results.

On the 30th of July, the European Commission adopted a proposal to broaden the entitlement of workers to take parental leave, increasing the amount of leave from three to four months and making this right available to all employees, regardless of their contract type.

Acas, the conciliation service, has released advice for both employees and employers on how to minimise possible disruption caused by the World Cup, which runs for a month from June 11.

As of April 6th 2010, a new fast track scheme has been in place which is designed to make it much simpler for successful tribunal applicants to recover sums awarded to them by tribunal decisions.

Traditionally, a “last in, first out” (LIFO) criterion for redundancies has been regarded as the fairest and most objective method of worker selection.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling in the significant equal pay case of Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust v Armstrong & Ors

A number of factory staff who have to clock in and out when visiting the toilet are set to take their employers to an employment tribunal over the deductions that are made to their pay every time they spend a penny.

The case of Polkey v A.E. Dayton Services Ltd led to an important House of Lords decision which resulted in the establishment of some fundamental points of employment law.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has published a report which highlights the continuing need to promote the awareness of health and safety.

In the light of new figures released by the Government which show that the rate of unemployment in those over 50 is more than twice that of any other age group, Age Concern has warned that older workers could be the biggest “job-cut casualties” of the recession, raising important questions on age discrimination.

In today’s uncertain economic climate, many employers have found themselves having to cut employee pay in order to keep their businesses afloat.

A partnership is established whenever two or more people set up in business together with the intention of sharing profits and losses and do not form either a limited company or a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP).

According to figures recently released by specialist Human Resources website XpertHR, seven out of 10 employers have already provided training on the Equality Act 2010 to their Human Resources teams, and a further 21% plan to do so by the autumn of 2011.