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M&A: Avoiding paying redundancy by selling the company? (UK)
Corporation A owns many smaller business units. Corporation A agrees to sell Business Unit X to Corporation B.
Business Unit X has a number of employees who are effectively redundant because their ...
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After employing the services of an 'architect' then later finding they are not a registered architect, can the contract be cancelled? (UK)
Alice hires Bob to do architectural work and refers to him as an architect once verbally and once in writing. Bob does not correct her.
Bob never actually calls himself an architect nor advertises ...
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Is addiction a disability?
Is addiction considered a disability for employment and beneftis rights?
Does it matter if the addiction is legal: say gambling or alcohol; or illegal: drugs or theft (Kleptomania)?
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Can an employee in the UK (England) be imposed a contractual duty to subject themselves to marijuana tests?
Bob, a citizen of the UK, is a white collar employee of a UK construction company. They never engage in hazardous work or work that is, within the scope of its risk, can endanger others.
Can the ...
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Are intellectual property indemnity clause, which requires the employee to indemnify the employer, enforceable?
Jurisdiction is England (UK), and it's a clause in an employment contract (permanent).
The following question has been posted on reddit, and I happen to be on the same boat.
I've been offered a ...
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Should an employee be made to pay for mandatory training in the uk?
I work for an agency in the uk and the zero hour contract staff are charged for yearly mandatory training by the company. Other agencies appear to not ask for payment for the training or take payment ...
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Workplace law for dismissals and probation extensions
I posted a large amount of background info here.
In short:
I began working for a company in the UK on the 1st June this year. My 3 month probation was extended by one month.
The notice to extend ...
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