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Whistle-blower protection - evidence obtained illegally?
If a company is surreptitiously operating a discriminatory hiring policy, and evidence from the HR system is leaked to prove it (i.e. records of the ethnic origin and gender of those promoted and ...
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Why am I given a contract for services instead of a contract for employment?
I work at a UK university doing part-time teaching. I was looking into statutory sick pay recently, which I see can be claimed by someone on an employment contract. When I look at my contract with the ...
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Must I follow "Compliment Policies" if these are not in the contract?
I am working for a company in the UK where I have undergone courses to help me improve my working skills.
It is written in the "Compliment Policies" on the companies website that if I leave ...
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What does the wording "wholly unconnected with your employment" mean in a UK Employment Contract
Having some trouble understanding some wording in a contract and how it affects the employee. The main passage is
You shall promptly disclose to the Company and to no-one else all copyright works or ...
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Working 60% hours, via UK furlough scheme. How does this apply to weeks with a bank holiday?
I'm on partial furlough, working 60% hours, with the gov. furlough scheme paying the fourth day.
Next week has a bank holiday Monday.
Should I still work 3 days that week, with Monday and Friday as ...
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Resignation retraction denied because of replacement, but is not true
A friend of mine (person A) has had his resignation retraction denied because a replacement (person B) has already been moved (without Person A knowing). However this isn't true, as Person B was ...
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If I receive a new contract from the same employer, can I be furloughed?
I have been working for a company since July 2019. First it was an 8 week fixed term contract (a paid summer internship). Following immediately from that (excluding a weekend) I was on a zero hours ...
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In the UK, what is the difference between the Job Retention Scheme and furloughing?
I live in the UK, and work on weekends for probably the UK's biggest fashion retailer. I recently got an email from them asking me to consent to the terms of a new contract. In it, I noticed this ...
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UK Employment law: differences between furloughed, laid off, and redundant
In UK employment law what are the differences between being furloughed, laid off, and made redundant?
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Intellectual property when leaving the employment
Company's time, company's laptop, company's idea submitted to the internal innovation platform.
It was rejected by the corporate immune system:
We are to inform you that your idea has been Backlogged....
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Is asking HR department about self-organised interest group a sufficient reason to warrant a drug test?
Using a throwaway account as I do not want to get into trouble.
Background to cannabis
Medical cannabis is legal in the UK since 2018
63% of Londoners supports legalisation for adult recreational ...
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Voluntary redundancy
When you are offered voluntary redundancy, do they have to tell you who else have been made offers to as well? Or can they do it on targeted basis?
Does this depend on the number of affected ...
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In the UK what does "during your employment" mean
I just got a contract of employment for a new job and it has a clause that starts like this:
all Intellectual Property generated by you during your employment
will be owned by the Group.
When it ...
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Dismissal versus redundancy from a consulting / outsourcing role
A family member works for a large consulting / outsourcing company and has been permanently employed by them for many years, working for multiple different clients over this time. When one client ...
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What is the right daily rate for annual leave in the UK when unspecified in employment contract?
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I had an amount of annual leave at the end of my contract and I want to determine the daily rate for payment in lieu of the untaken days of annual leave.
My employer initially paid half the ...
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