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Football: European Commision brands 6+5 quota plans 'unacceptable' - The Times 30.5.08
Newspapers and BBC - 03/06/08
Professional football players are workers, therefore the principle of non-discrimination and the right to free movement apply to them.
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Capita Health Solutions v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation (2) McLean - if employment continued after TUPE transfer there cannot have been a valid objection, under TUPE, to that transfer - EAT 1.5.08
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 03/06/08
BBC transferred its occupational health (OH) department to Capita as of 1 April 2006.
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Perry's Motor Sales Ltd (1) Perry's Burnley Ltd (2) v Lindley - TUPE: who to sue?
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 03/06/08
A claim lies against a TUPE transferee where the transferor dismisses an employee on instructions from the transferee given because the employee had previously made claims against the transferee.
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Victimised policeman wins payout - BBC 2.6.08
Newspapers and BBC - 03/06/08
A Sikh policeman who won his claim of victimisation has been awarded £70,000.
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Focussed enforcement targets worker abuse: GLA launches Operation Ajax - GLA 3.6.08
Official Press Releases - 03/06/08
The Gangmasters' Licensing Authority has launched an 18-month operaton designed to target those suspected of abusing workers.
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Akyeampong v (1) Barclays Bank Plc (2) Chagger (3) Stew - refusal of extension of time to appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal - EAT 2.4.08
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 03/06/08
The Registrar of the EAT refused to allow Mr Akyeampong a one day extension of time to lodge an appeal (against a strike-out by an employment judge).
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Ogden tables: The ins and outs of earning power - Law Society Gazette 22.5.08
Miscellaneous - 03/06/08
The EAT pointed out in Dunnachie that the Ogden tables (5th edition) were designed for use in Personal Injury cases and suggested that it is generally not appropriate to use them in employment law cases save for calculating pension loss.
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Unite backs High Court test case on behalf of thousands of asbestos victims - Unison 2.6.08
Other Press Releases - 03/06/08
Unite is supporting the test case due to begin in the High Court on 3 June 2008 against insurance companies who deny liability to pay compensation in mesothelioma cases.
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