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Employment Newsnotes (Issue 47, Summer 2009)

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Lewis Silkin

Employment Newsnotes (PDF) is a quarterly publication by Lewis Silkin covering recent UK employment law developments in an accessible, succinct and entertaining way. The latest issue includes articles on:

  • Employee expenses claims: how employers can devise a clear and effective policy
  • Preparing for swine flu: employment law issues
  • New Government proposals on medical sickness certificates
  • Cost-saving alternatives to redundancy
  • Forthcoming legislation prohibiting trade union blacklisting
  • Recovering overpayments of wages
  • Age discrimination: UK mandatory retirement regime to be reviewed in 2010
  • 'Dual discrimination' measures included in Equality Bill
Tags: Age, Dual Discrimination, Expenses Claims, Gender, Overpayments of Wages, Pandemic, Salary Reductions, Schedule Reductions, Sick Leave, Unpaid Leave
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