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An employer has won an appeal against a tribunal’s decision that an employee could be classified as disabled during two periods of sick leave. The case involved an employee who had two lengthy periods of absence from work; the first was for work-related stress and the second for a combination of migraines, headaches and stress.
The taxman could take some of the money you want to go to loved ones after you die if you fail to make a will and keep it up to date. Some may also go to an estranged husband or wife. That’s the warning from the Law Society, which has just conducted a survey revealing
Changes to stamp duty announced in the Autumn Statement by Chancellor George Osborne have helped stimulate the housing market, according to solicitors and estate agents. Mr Osborne said 98% of people in England and Wales will now pay less duty when buying a property. Only those buying homes worth more than £937,000 will be worse
The government has announced that a £2m fund is to be spent on initiatives aimed at reducing the gender pay gap. The funding will go towards training, events and monitoring programmes for women to help them move from low paid, low skilled work to jobs that are high paid and high skilled. The measures will
A leading accountancy firm has estimated that companies and organisations in the UK could be losing up to £200m as a result of ‘shadow insolvencies’. A ‘shadow insolvency’ is a term for when a company becomes insolvent but doesn’t disclose any assets when it enters liquidation. This means there is no money to pay to
More than one million people are running the risk of leaving their partners with nothing when they die, because they haven’t made a will stating what should happen to their estate. As the law stands, if somebody dies intestate – without a will – then their assets will be inherited by their spouse or civil
House prices rose by 12.1% in the year to the end of September, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Prices increased by 0.5% on a monthly basis between August and September this year. The statistics only include homes that were bought with a mortgage. The increases mean that prices have been rising faster
The government has set up a £2m scheme to help women into better-paid and higher-skilled jobs. There is a concern that despite more women being in work than ever before, some are still not being given the training or opportunities that are afforded to men in the same position. Closing the gender pay gap has
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a university was not negligent when it commenced disciplinary proceedings against a senior lecturer. The lecturer had written an employment reference for another employee who had gone on to find employment at another university. The employee didn’t perform as well in his new job as the employment reference
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided a ruling which offers some valuable guidance for employers taking on apprentices. Unless certain conditions are met, apprentices should be treated as fully fledged employees and paid accordingly. The case involved a riding school and livery business which took on a number of apprentices. They carried out tasks such