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RBS redundancies

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is cutting up to 2,000 jobs in its investment bank. The announcement takes the total

Fees for Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal claims are to be introduced from 29 July 2013 (subject to Parliamentary

Whistleblowing victimisation and Judicial Immunity

Did a decision by the Chief Adjudicator of the Traffic Parking Tribunal not to allocate cases to a Parking Adjudicator

Bankers bonuses

New rules on bankers' bonuses and the amount of capital that banks must hold as a buffer have been approved

Redundancy consultation

Employment lawyer Jahad Rahman gives his view on the recent changes to collective redundancy consultation in Wharf News. On April

Unfair dismissal compensation

A raft of changes to the way employers can treat employees will be introduced this summer in a bill that,

Covert recordings – Jahad Rahman summarises EAT decision

In the case of Vaughan v London Borough of Lewisham & Others 2013, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that covert

Employment Tribunal procedure – covert recordings

Can an employment tribunal refuse to admit covert recordings? No, says the EAT in Vaughan v London Borough of Lewisham

Whistleblowing laws to be reviewed

Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary promises changes and investigation into whether the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (Pida) is protecting

Changes to whistleblowing laws

The government has announced further amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, to stengthen the protection available to whistleblowers.

Barclays redundancies

Last month, 9,000 staff in the investment banking arm of Barclays received an email informing them that a consultation had

Race discrimination award of £420k upheld by the Court

In London Borough of Hackney v Natasha Sivanandan [2013] EWCA Civ 22, a qualified barrister, Natasha Sinvanandan, has had her

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