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ERROR! | Boss demands worker pays back £20k after being overpaid
When an employee's paycheque arrives at the end of the week or month, they will be able to spend this...
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Lockdown | Employment tribunals increased by 18% in this period
The Government has announced that the number of employment tribunals involving individuals increased...
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H&M | Firm fined MILLIONS over staff surveillance
Clothing retailer H&M has been fined £32.1million for the illegal surveillance of several hundreds of...
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Health & safety | Workplace has 'no masks or social distancing'
An employee has taken to Mumsnet claiming that their workplace doesn't have any social distancing measures...
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‘Covid bubble’ | Queen faces backlash in Xmas worker row
It's reported that 20 staff members have been asked to remain at the Sandringham estate to support...
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Legal | Worker dismissed for self-isolating wins £7k payout
A shop worker with diabetes was dismissed by the Good Health Store in the Isle of Man after following...
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Social distancing | How HR should react to COVID-19 rule-breaking staff
As more and more employees return to central workspaces, it is crucial that health and safety guidelines...
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Wetherspoons | COVID-19 outbreak sparks discussion of HR's safety role
Following the news that JD Wetherspoon has said that 66 staff members have tested positive for coronavirus,...
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£100k risk | COVID-positive employee goes surfing - dobbed in by colleagues
A woman in Spain who tested positive with the virus was arrested earlier this week for surfing when she...
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Poor practice | 'Colleagues made aware of redundancy before I was'
An employee has taken to Mumsnet claiming that colleagues were made aware of their redundancy before...
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Discrimination | Ex-worker 'mocked over age' wins £15k payout
A worker has won a £15,000 age discrimination payout after a tribunal heard that she was repeatedly...
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Legal | UK bosses lack confidence over redundancy decisions
43% of UK business owners are not confident they could make redundancies in line with the law, a survey...
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Furlough & maternity leave | Redundancy questions HR might get asked
Throughout this time, many workers have faced the news that they are being made redundant due to the...
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BP | Worker sacked after Hitler meme wins £100k payout
A worker based at the BP Kwinana oil refinery in Perth has been reinstated at the company after a tribunal...
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Unemployment | 730,000 UK jobs lost during COVID-19 lockdown
730,000 workers have fallen from company payrolls since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in...
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Two-thirds | Staff continue working in HUGE numbers despite furlough
A new survey has revealed that two-thirds of UK workers placed on the Government's furlough scheme...
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Furlough | New redundancy pay rules 'go some way to cushion the blow'
The UK Government has introduced a new law to ensure that furloughed staff members receive statutory...
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Zoom | Sexism still 'rife' while women work from home
Research shared by Slater and Gordon has shown a spike in sexist behaviour towards female workers, which...
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‘Retrograde step’ | Staff asked to pay back furlough money
Reports have alleged that theatre workers are being asked to sign contracts requiring them to repay their...
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Harassment | HR accused of failing to support victims
A recently published opinion piece by a professor in Sydney has accused HR of failing to support employees...
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