April news

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Flexible working to be extended

In a measure the Financial Times has described as a response to the political troubles of the Government, the Queen’s Speech in May has announced the extension of the current right to request flexible working arrangements, increasing the reach of the provisions to an estimated 4.5 million extra employees.
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New code on discipline and grievance

Acas has published it’s revised draft code of practice for discipline and grievance for further consultation before next April’s implementation.
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Working Time Directive opt out extended

The UK Government has won a vote of EU member states keeping the current  exemption allowing UK employees to work longer than 48 hours per week, ‘though there is a commitment to future review.
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Greater rights for agency workers

The Government has agreed to work with the EU to produce the much discussed Agency Workers Directive to give greater rights to agency workers with some expecting the measures to be implemented as early as next April.
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The dangers of chocolate and why someone else’s mobile ‘phone may be a source of business for you

Two recent surveys have shown the high risks associated with the low level of awareness that most of us have for data protection issues.
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Legal update

Working Time Directive and other jobs

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When a dismissal is not a redundancy

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Changing contractual terms

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