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Tasneem v Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust - out of time appeal can proceed as tribunal decision was not sent on date recorded on it
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 18/01/10
Tribunal must ensure - and be able to prove - that a decision was actually sent out on the date recorded on it.
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Balfour Beatty wins blacklist tribunal
Cases - Other - 08/03/10
Blacklisted worker loses claim
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Williamson v The Chief Constable of The Greater Manchester Police & Anor - inadmissible evidence
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 09/03/10
An Employment Judge properly exercised his discretion to refuse to allow secretly recorded evidence - but the matter should have been left for consideration at the substantive hearing rather than being considered at a preliminary hearing.
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Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Bill [HL]
Statutory Material - 05/03/10
The House of Lords (in committee) discusses the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Bill.
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EU Council extends parental leave
European Material - 08/03/10
The Council has formally adopted the new Directive on parental leave (16945/09 + 5922/1/10 REV 1 ), which will replace Directive 96/34 currently in force.
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Supreme Court rules against Christian registrar
Newspapers and BBC - 09/03/10
Lillian Ladele has been refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal's decision that she was not discriminated against for her religious beliefs.
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Civil and Public Servants start national 48 hour strike
Other Press Releases - 08/03/10
Up to 270,000 civil and public servants from across the UK have been taking strike action, organised by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), in response to proposed changes to the civil service compensation scheme (see emplaw web-updater of 4.2.10) which, the union argues, will "see staff robbed of up to a third of their entitlements and see loyal civil and public servants lose tens of thousands of pounds if they are forced out of a job.