Would a suggested limit of four weeks help to end the abuse of internships by some employers? Nicholas Lakeland, looks at proposals to improve the current internship system and clamp down on prolonged, unpaid holiday.
It is not just the main Carillion companies that may now find themselves in severe financial difficulties. Smaller subcontractors may find themselves having to consider their position with regard to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and the Pension Regulator.
Since covering the deficit that the Carillion schemes are facing — we take a quick trot through the pension ‘lifeboat’ scheme and what it might mean to the 28,000 members of the 13 Carillion schemes.
As the dust continues to be stirred up following the Carillion collapse, and with a £587m shortfall, now seems a good time to set out what we know so far in relation to the pensions aspects.
The effect of state immunity and diplomatic immunity on an employment tribunal's jurisdiction to hear claims by those employed by embassies or diplomats was examined by the Supreme Court in two separate judgments. Nicholas Lakeland explains the issues that arose.
Employers who rely on multiple choice testing for candidates need to take heed of a case concerning the indirect discrimination of a job candidate who suffered from Asperger syndrome.
When the producer of a Blackpool tribute show to music greats sought an injunction to stop a Michael Jackson tribute act from working for a Blackpool competitor, could the King of Pop beat it?
