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Half of staff ‘witness unethical behaviour at work’

The survey of 1,000 UK professionals by charity A Blueprint for Better Business has found that more than half have witnessed, or been asked to do, something unethical at work. It revealed that just 2 …

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Tribunal Fees declared unlawful – what will be the impact?

​The Supreme Court’s ruling that Tribunal fees are unlawful has caused much speculation about possible impact, although whether the more eye-catching forecasts  of a “tsunami of claims” will happen remains to be seen. Here, B3sixty …

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HR decision-makers concerned about workplace sexism

A YouGov survey of 800 HR decision-makers, carried out on behalf of the charity Young Women’s Trust, has found that 12 per cent of those working for large employers knew sexual harassment in their companies …

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Case law updates

Employee fraud cost UK employers £40m in one year

Accountancy firm RSM has reported that businesses lost more than £40m over the past year due to employee fraud. Using a freedom of information request, they found that employers had reported more than 800 incidences …

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ECHR says employer wrong to monitor private messages

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that a worker had his rights breached when his private emails were monitored by his employer without his knowledge. Romanian national Bogdan Bărbulescu was employed as …

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Suspension was a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence

In Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth a teacher was suspended because of the force she allegedly used on two children. She was not asked for her response to the allegations and there was no …

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