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Employment newsletter
Summer 2011

In this issue:

•	Social media and the workplace
•	Discrimination and dress codes
•	TUPE and insolvency - case updates
•	News round-up
•	Thrings@work

Social media and the workplace

Social media is rapidly expanding as a preferred method of communication for both business and pleasure, but where do you, as the employer, draw the line? There have been a number of recent cases that can provide you with guidance in this fast paced and tricky area.

Discrimination and dress codes

How people dress and present themselves has always caused controversy over the years, especially when an organisation’s uniform policy clashes with an individual’s religion or belief. Read on to find out how this issue has been dealt with by the Royal Courts of Justice in a case heard last month.

TUPE and insolvency - case updates

When a business becomes insolvent and is sold as a pre-pack company, do the employees automatically transfer to the new employer via TUPE? If so, will the Secretary of State be liable for basic awards where the employees are dismissed by the pre-pack purchaser? There have been some recent cases which answer these questions.

News round-up

What's new in the Employment Law arena? Read on for case updates, legislation updates, and details of the rise in the National Minimum Wage due in October.

Thrings@work

Employers today face a bewildering array of legislation, regulations, codes of practice and case law. It could be argued that employment law is one of the most complex and rapidly changing areas of the law; not only is the UK legislation constantly being updated and amended, but it is also regularly supplemented by European law. Read on to see how we can steer you through the maze at the click of a mouse.