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Does an incompetent handling of a grievance give rise to an inference of discrimination?
April 5, 2017
In the case of Kent Police v Bowler UKEAT/0214/16/RN the EAT has held that just because a grievance may have been handled in an incompetent and lackadaisical manner this…
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Dress codes, tattoos, piercings and discrimination
March 16, 2017
Many employers in the care sector will have considered and may even already implement a dress code in the workplace. Applying dress codes fairly across a number of employees from…
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The Apprenticeship Levy
March 9, 2017
In May 2014 the Government produced a BIS Report on Employer Investment in Apprenticeships in the Health Sector and reported that there were 52,000 apprentices commencing work based training…
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Employment Status Review
March 2, 2017
Earlier this month, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published its Employment Status Review which evaluates the current model of UK employment status. The Review also considers ways…
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Creating Fair Workplaces
February 22, 2017
This month saw the update of the Equality and Diversity Policy and Procedure for all clients of QCS. A lot of employers are aware of the need to ensure fairness…
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Termination due to Twitter posts
February 16, 2017
Many of us take the view that 2017 is a new year with a fresh start, and that all the issues which you moaned and groaned about in 2016…
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How to Use Mobility Clauses in Employment Contracts
February 8, 2017
Care providers are diverse in their operations and often have a variety of locations from which they operate. Support workers and carers may be specifically assigned to a singular residential…
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Dry January ends!
February 1, 2017
Not a week goes by where there isn’t some kind of article in the media about society’s increased consumption of alcohol or drugs. If what we read in the press…
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