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Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA, ECJ case C-277/08 - ECJ causes a problem by answering a question which was not put to it
Cases - Other - 10/09/09
The ECJ, answering a question which was not put to it, rules that if a worker falls sick while on holiday he is entitled to extra holiday to compensate after he has recovered.
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New leave rights will give more choice and flexibility to parents as to how they use maternity and paternity leave
Official Press Releases - 15/09/09
The government is proposing to change the law so that employed mothers will be able to transfer all or part of the last 26 weeks of their maternity leave to the father.
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Hughes v Alan Dick & Co Ltd - unfair dismissal could not be claimed by a British man employed by the overseas branch of a British company
Cases - Other - 19/02/09
Employment Tribunal had no jurisdiction to hear unfair dismissal claim by British man employed by overseas branch of a British company as the employment did not have a sufficient connection with Britain (Lawson v Serco applied)
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Miners' Compensation, the Legal Complaints Service and the Coal Health Compensation Scheme
Miscellaneous - 14/09/09
Miners may still be owed around £100 million by solicitors, resulting from erroneous charges made from the Vibration White Finger compensation scheme.
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Tim Arrow & Sons v Onley - uplift in unfair dismissal compensation for procedural failure is potentially avoidable by employers
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 14/09/09
The percentage uplift to compensation which can be made in favour of an employee whose dismissal is unfair because the employer has not followed proper procedures applies only to "awards" actually made by an employment tribunal - so an employer can successfully avoid any uplift if, before the tribunal hearing, he pays to the employee a sum sufficient to reduce the award to nil (and pro rata if a smaller amount is paid).
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Prison guard forced out of her job because she was too sexy wins unfair dismissal case
Newspapers and BBC - 14/09/09
Prison Officer Amitjo Kajla, from HM Prison Brinsford, Wolverhampton, took the Prison Service to an employment tribunal, claiming constructive dismissal - and age and sex discrimination.
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Commerzbank vows to fight bankers' claims for £30m in unpaid bonuses
Newspapers and BBC - 08/09/09
72 more staff and ex-staff of the Desdner Kleinwort investment bank (taken over by Commerzbank) have filed claims in the High Court claiming unpaid bonuses.
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Full text of Gordon Brown's speech to the TUC
Newspapers and BBC - 15/09/09
The Prime Minister's speech at the TUC congress on 15th September 2009, verbatim.
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