Insider data theft is rife in the UK, a survey and figures from the High Court have shown. The survey of more than 1,000 UK employees by security firm Imperva found 72% admitted taking data, with customer records (50%) topping the list, followed by merger and acquisition plans (17%)....
Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao recently witnessed the signing of a deal worth £750 million for Rolls Royce at the UK-China Summit. China is the world`s second biggest economy. Bilateral trade and investment is growing but there is scope for much more and exporting is important for UK growth and UK jobs. It is predicted that many small and medium sized enterprises from Britain will be expanding into China in areas such as low carbon growth, urban design and information and communication technology....
The Government has decided to abandon implementation of the "socio-economic" duty, which was to come into force under the Equality Act. This proposed duty was part of Harriet Harman`s Equalities Bill and had been opposed by the Conservatives when in opposition....
Clarkslegal are delighted to support the upcoming Rushlight Clean Technologies Show, which is taking place on 27 January 2011 at Central Hall Westminster, London....
Sandra Goad, who had battled breast cancer in 2001, was awarded £8,000 in damages from Relate, her former employer, by the Leeds employment tribunal....
Nadine Quashie had brought an unfair dismissal claim against Stringfellows after she was let go in December 2008. However the Tribunal found it had no jurisdiction to hear the claim as she was not an employee, but was self employed....
The Code for Leasing Business Premises in England and Wales 2007 (The Code) is the third edition of the Code published as a voluntary agreement between professional and industry bodies....
The European Court has handed down its decision in Albron Catering v FNV Bondgenoten Roest. This case afforded protection to employees who were assigned on a permanent basis to an undertaking being transferred by a group company even through their contracts of employment were with a different group company....
In the case of Pinewood Repro Ltd T/A County Print v Page UKEAT/0028/10/SM, the Claimant alleged that his employer failed to provide him with an adequate explanation of why he had received lower scores than the two other people in the pool for redundancy. The Claimant had asked for an explanation of why he had received certain scores, in particular in relation to subjective criteria, such as flexibility. He was told by his employer that it believed the scores given were reasonable and appropriate. The scorers were not asked to reassess their scores in light of his comments....
In Souter v Royal College of Nursing Scotland ETS/106313/10 the Scottish ET considered the issue of whether an employee was entitled to payment for previous annual leave years on the termination of her employment. It also considered the relationship between PHI and holiday entitlement....
Our Deputy Managing Partner, David Rintoul, will be chairing the latest event hosted by the Society for Construction Law, held in Reading on Tuesday 9th November....
Most businesses include in their standard terms of business a provision that, if they are not paid on time, typically within 30 days, interest will be payable on their outstanding invoice....
Now is a good time for SMEs to put the Government to the test in its commitment to "Back Small Business", set out in its strategy document with that title, released this week. This follows the review of employment laws to be led by Lord Young also announced this week. Lord Young got attention by proposing an increase in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims to 2 years (see our blog "Return to 2 year qualifying period? Smaller employers encouraged to be brutally honest.")...
Our expertise in securing investment in environmental technologies is increasing rapidly, through our subsidiary company, Forbury Investment Network. We are delighted to have accepted invitations to speak at the following high profile events in November....
That all depends on what you read. According to the latest "Report on Jobs" from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG, October 2010 saw the slowest rates of growth in 14 months for both permanent and temporary placements, and growth in the number of vacancies was also recorded at a 12-month low....
The Commons Act 2006 (the Act) regulates the registration of land as a town or village green. The aim of the Act is to protect open spaces which have been used recreationally by the public against future development....
The Government`s "enterprise tsar", Lord Young, has confirmed that he will be consulting over making changes to unfair dismissal law, including the possibility of putting the qualifying period for bringing an unfair dismissal claim back up to 2 years. This is part of David Cameron`s "brutally honest review" into the burdens on small and medium sized businesses. The qualifying period started out at 6 months in 1971, increased to 12 months in 1980 (2 years for small businesses with 20 or fewer employees), then increased to 2 years for all employees (regardless of the size of the employer) in 1985. It is 12 months at present, reduced from 2 years in 1999. Lord Young believes that putting the qualifying period up in the 1980s actually increased employment....
Does English law apply to foreign individuals and companies in this country? In the eyes of the law nationality is irrelevant....
The employee had worked at McDonalds for over 12 years, and alleged he had suffered excessive weight gain, owing to him being asked to sample the products on sale, as well as being provided with a free lunch....
A survey recently carried out by the CIPD and Simplyhealth (a health care provider) revealed that in the last 12 months stress was the main cause of long-term sickness absence in the businesses surveyed....