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Autumn 2011
In this issue:
•The cost of reasonable adjustments
•Your reference questions answered
•Case update on TUPE
•What's new in employment law?

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The cost of reasonable adjustments

 

Like the Disability Discrimination Act before it, the Equality Act 2010 imposes a duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments to premises or working practices to help disabled candidates and employees. If an employer fails to comply with this duty, an employee can make a claim for disability discrimination.

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Your reference questions answered

 

We are frequently asked whether employers are obliged to provide references for their employees or ex-employees, and what duties are owed to the employee or ex-employee and the new employer. Click MORE for the answers to common questions about references.
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Case update on TUPE

 

The Transfer of Undertakings Regulations 2006 can be tricky to apply in practice. A couple of recent cases provide some useful guidance.

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What's new in employment law?

 

What's new in the employment law arena? Read on for case updates, legislation updates, and a reminder of the rise in the National Minimum Wage which took effect on 1st October.
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