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Graduate tax proposal 'rejected'
21/07/10
As reported in the emplaw web-updater of 15.7.10, Business Secretary Vince Cable has recently proposed the introduction of a "graduate tax" as an alternative system of higher education funding.
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Former officer loses tribunal against sacking
21/07/10
As reported in the emplaw web-updater of 2.3.10, Mrs Christina Blythe was suspended in December 2006 and then dismissed in January 2008 from her £66,000-a-year job with Durham County Council’s Youth Engagement Service.
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Firms ordered to pay almost £10m over Buncefield blast
16/07/10
As reported in the emplaw web-updater of 17.11.09, oil company Total UK previously pleaded guilty to two charges under the Health and Safety Act and one of causing pollution after an explosion at the Buncefield Oil depot in Hertfordshire in 2005.
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Royal Mail workers warned against strike
20/07/10
Ed Davey, the government minister in charge of privatising Royal Mail, has warned unions against taking further industrial action in protest at privatisation.
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Menston man tells tribunal managers encouraged him to simply sign over benefits
20/07/10
Former Jobcentre worker Richard Constable has taken the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to an employment tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds that his contract was not extended because he tried "to protect the public purse".
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Former Kent police officer loses disability claim
20/07/10
As reported in the emplaw web-updater of 9.3.10, a former police officer claimed that Kent Police did not make suitable adjustments to accommodate her disability.
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ITN faces court challenge over pensions
21/07/10
In an effort to close a £56 million pension deficit, ITN is planning to "dramatically" reduce pension payments made to the families of former employees.
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Fears for Harrow's firefighters after 'termination' threat
21/07/10
A blog entry by Commissioner Ron Dobson of the London Fire Brigade, which warns of "termination of employment" should an industrial dispute not reach a conclusion, appears to have exacerbated the dispute over changing shift patterns.
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Unfair dismissal workers face a battle for payout
22/07/10
Portsmouth Football Club has been ordered to pay in excess of £100,000 to nine former employees who lost their jobs following the club going into administration.
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4000 council workers to vote on strike action
22/07/10
UNISON is organising a strike ballot for employees of Brighton and Hove City Council to coincide with the European day of action against government cuts - 29th September 2010 - and for various other reasons.
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Urgent review called after six-figure KCC payoff
22/07/10
Kent County Council is reportedly being urged to carry out a review into payouts to senior staff, following revelations that the council had paid its former highways and environment director Adam Wilkinson £365,000 after he quit his job in 2008, after barely a year in his post.
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Hospital boss Watkinson awarded £70,000 compensation
21/07/10
John Watkinson, the former chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT), claimed unfair dismissal against the Trust.
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Aon executive faces jail after dumping laptop into pond
21/07/10
Mr Euan Nicolson left his job with the Marsh insurance company to move to rival Aon.
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Britain's Got Talent singer sues Simon Cowell
22/07/10
As noted in the emplaw web-updater of 10.6.10, a contestant of Britain's Got Talent, Emma Amelia Pearl Czikai, lodged a disability discrimination claim against the show's creator and star, Simon Cowell, his production company Simco, and Freemantle Media.
