All Employees articles – Page 4

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    Appeal court extends employers’ liability in slip claims

    2007-07-23T15:12:00Z

    Court of Appeal awards care assistant damages for injuries she sustained when she slipped on a wet floor

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    SEC issues Assurant executives with Wells notices

    2007-07-17T15:48:00Z

    Three executives, including president and CEO Robert Pollock, received notices that securities regulators are considering action against them

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    Willis and Sullivan form alliance

    2007-07-09T16:37:00Z

    Offering clinical risk management products

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    FSA calls on industry to react to risk alerts

    2007-07-06T16:21:00Z

    The regulator has reminded firms to respond to government alerts when tackling financial crime

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    Relief for employers as EU health and safety challenge fails

    2007-06-19T08:54:00Z

    European Court of Justice finds in the UK's favour and dismisses EC legal challenge

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    More checks, tougher penalties

    2007-05-21T10:55:00Z

    The EC targets employers of illegal workers with new rules to ensure similar penalties across all EU member states

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    Preventing losses in the chemical industry

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Safety risks are inherent to the operational process of chemical manufacturing plants and refineries, but also pose a major concern for chemical facilities in other types of industry. By Leonardo Piazzi

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    Pan-european pensions beckon

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Multinational companies could be missing an opportunity to save costs and reduce risks by continuing to operate separate pension schemes across Europe, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

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    Age is no bar

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Get wise to the new age discrimination laws that came into force in the UK on 1 October, says Rhian Gait-Parker.

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    Stop workplace bullying

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    On 12 July the House of Lords gave judgment in the case of Majrowski v Guys & St Thomas' NHS Trust. Nick Hanning looks at the significant implications for employees and employers.

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    Preparing for new rules

    2006-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Gary Summers recommends companies to produce a new risk assessment and crisis plan in preparation for changes in corporate manslaughter legislation

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    Irregular procedures

    2006-06-14T00:00:00Z

    With failure to follow procedural regulations being enough to make the dismissal of an employee automatically unfair, more and more claims simply based on procedure are being brought before UK employm

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    NEW AGE THINKING

    2006-06-14T00:00:00Z

    With the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations being introduced later this year, Alison Love looks at what age discrimination will mean for UK employers

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    PENSIONS RISK MANAGEMENT

    2006-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The UK Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) is introducing a certificate paper in pensions risk management (Cert PRM), which will specifically address the regulatory and market issues facing UK c

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    Reducing the risk of discrimination

    2006-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Alison Love warns employers of some of the common pitfalls associated with unlawful discrimination and suggests how businesses can reduce their risks

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    Killer companies?

    2006-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Gary Summer discusses future UK legislation on corporate manslaughter

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    Out of Brussels

    2006-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Employers are bracing themselves for the implementation of what everyone reckons is the most significant piece of European legislation of all - the age discrimination strand of the European Employment

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    Assessing workplace harmony

    2005-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Rhian Gait-Parker highlights the current state of employment practices and finds that it is easy to get caught by interpretation of regulations

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    Age discrimination law challenge

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Some UK companies will find it difficult to comply with the Age Discrimination Act, due to become law in October 2006, while a new report suggests that senior management need to give more support to c

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    X-RATED EXPOSURES

    2005-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Julie Connor assesses the risks caused by employees accessing illicit images in the workplace