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	<title>Mayo Wynne Baxter &#187; Martin Williams</title>
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		<title>New rules on unfair dismissal judged fair enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law cases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal from work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair treatment at work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[6th April 2012 is set to bring employers an extra year’s protection from claims of unfair dismissal. People who are hired on or after 6th April 2012 will now have to be employed for two years before qualifying for the right to claim for unfair dismissal. Those already in post will still have the right... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/new-rules-on-unfair-dismissal-judged-fair-enough/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Suarez tribunal means for employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment tribunal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patrice Evra and Suarez case]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With more controversy over Luis Suarez’s failure to shake Patrice Evra’s hand the ongoing saga contains all sorts of lessons for employers – not least the value of a full and immediate apology. For those occasionally involved in Tribunals it’s also an important reminder of the difficulties caused by sparse documentary evidence. The FA held... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/what-suarez-tribunal-means-for-employers/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Tribunal Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statutory payments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 1 February 2012, the rates of certain statutory payments and the limits applying to some employment tribunal awards were increased. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal rose from £68,400 to £72,300.  The maximum amount of a week&#8217;s pay, used to calculate statutory redundancy pay and the basic award, rose from £400 to £430.... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/increase-in-awards/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Headlines – the Agency Workers Regulations 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agency regulations 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal advice on temporay workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal rights for casual workers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (the Regulations) came into force on 1 October 2011, implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive. These Regulations entitle temporary agency workers to be treated the same as permanent employees in relation to basic working and employment conditions as if they had been employed directly by a company (the hirer) to... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/behind-the-headlines-%e2%80%93-the-agency-workers-regulations-2010/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sleeping on the job won’t get you the National Minimum Wage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law and minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qualified workers national minimum wage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From 1st October 2011 the new national minimum wage for qualifying workers aged 21 years and over will rise from £5.93 to £6.08. Many people may not be aware of the numerous exceptions to this standard but there are in fact seven different figures for minimum wages ranging from the rate for “young” workers (i.e.... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/sleeping-on-the-job-won%e2%80%99t-get-you-the-national-minimum-wage/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does thinking 9/11 was part of a global conspiracy amount to a philosophical belief?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment lawyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the anniversary of 9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dissmissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is no, according to the Employment Judge Rostant in the case of Farrell v South Yorkshire Police Authority. Mr Farrell was an intelligence analyst  who was asked to produce a report for the police which included an assessment of ongoing terrorist threats.  He proceeded to produce a diatribe on how 9/11 and... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/does-thinking-911-was-part-of-a-global-conspiracy-amount-to-a-philosophical-belief/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Compulsory Retirement – not a meaningless matter for the closed mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment solcitors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From 1 October 2011 retirement will only be a fair reason for dismissal if the age at which it occurs can be objectively justified.  However, some employees are still going through the present system of retirement prior to that date.  A new case has arisen which reminds employers that although they may have actioned compulsory... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/compulsory-retirement-%e2%80%93-not-a-meaningless-matter-for-the-closed-mind/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Disabled employee’s reduced bonus was not discriminatory.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination claim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimintation at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment lawyers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your query and do not worry – the concept of an appropriate comparator is a difficult one to get your head around! The general position is that an employee claiming direct disability discrimination must show that they have been treated less favourably than either a real or hypothetical comparator whose circumstances are... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/disabled-employee%e2%80%99s-reduced-bonus-was-not-discriminatory-2/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Number of tribunal claims falls by 8% from 2010 levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment lawyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal claims]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The annual statistics for Employment Tribunals (ET) for April 2010 to March 2011 have been published by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. The statistics show that there were 218,100 claims made to the ET between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2001, an 8% fall in the number of claims received by tribunals when compared... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/number-of-tribunal-claims-falls-by-8-from-2010-levels/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dismiss all of your staff, then hire them all back the following day with a 5.4% pay cut.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unfair Dismissal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination in the workplace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[termination of employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In July 2011, dismissal letters were sent to all of Shropshire County Council&#8217;s 6,500 employees. The letter stated that all council staff were to be dismissed on the 30th September and immediately rehired the following day, but only if they agreed to a 5.4% pay cut. Those staff who did not accept the pay cut... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/blog/dismiss-all-of-your-staff-then-hire-them-all-back-the-following-day-with-a-5-4-pay-cut/">Read the rest of this post (No Comments)</a>]]></description>
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