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Apr 17 2008
WHEN America sneezes, we catch a cold, so the saying goes. What began with a housing slump in the US in spring 2007 developed into a global liquidity crisis in late summer and has now resulted in turmoil in global financial markets....
Apr 17 2008
AS A result of recent legislation, it is now potentially unlawful to retire a partner. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 introduced a statutory retirement age of 65, but this applies only to employees. ...
Apr 17 2008
AS requested, I’m providing you with some basic advice on the new rules to prevent illegal migrant working, which came into force on February 29 2008. ...
Apr 17 2008
THE Government has launched a comprehensive programme to reform Britain’s immigration controls. Businesses must source migrant labour through legal means or face severe penalties....
Apr 17 2008
AS PART of the strategy for improving equality of opportunity for workers in the region, Equality North East has developed a user friendly benchmarking standard for small and medium employers to assess how well they deal with equality and diversity issues within the workplace....
Apr 17 2008
THE new regulations will affect women whose expected week of childbirth (EWC) falls on or after October 5 2008....
Apr 17 2008
COMPANIES, and indeed employees, need to be more aware than ever of the positive and negative effects that the current dispute resolution legislation can have on managers, staff and organisations....
Apr 17 2008
An important change is that employers are now duty-bound to protect their staff from harassment by customers and the public as well as by their employees. ...
