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ICO issues guidance on workplace monitoring

3rd October 2023 | employment , human rights , information technology | Employment law , Data protection
Regulator aims to help employers fully comply with data protection law

Fair Work Oversight Group begins work today

3rd August 2023 | employment | Employment
Scottish Government forum to report early next year

Member bill for Employment Injuries Council begins life

12th June 2023 | welfare/benefits , employment | Benefit advice , Health and safety
Advisory body will help devise appropriate benefit regime

LawCare publishes new guidance on workplace anxiety

16th May 2023 | employment , careers , mental health-adult incapacity | Health
Mental Health Awareness Week marked by help for leaders and people managers

Deaf trainee becomes Balfour+Manson disability officer

9th May 2023 | careers , employment , practice management , law society of scotland | Disability , Employment law
Diana McIver helping Law Society project to improve disability inclusion

Employment tribunal backlog still growing, figures show

16th March 2023 | employment | Employment law
Nearly half a million claims awaiting first hearing at end of 2022

Robert Holland joins Aberdein Considine

3rd February 2023 | careers , employment
Senior lawyer is named firm's Head of Employment Law

MSPs want to hear of barriers to disabled finding work

26th January 2023 | employment | Employment law , Disability , Discrimination
Committee calls for views ahead of further work in the area

Employment tribunals issue witness statement direction

16th August 2022 | employment | Employment law
Scots practice direction and presidential guidance apply from 1 October

Legal workplace projects among Equality Fund awards

9th August 2022 | employment | Employment
Gender based violence and neurodiversity schemes to receive funding

Employers warned over health and safety as heat bites

18th July 2022 | employment | Health and safety
Workers may be entitled to leave unless protective measures in place

Domestic slavery exempt from diplomatic immunity: UKSC

7th July 2022 | employment | Employment law
Supreme Court allows tribunal claim of forced trafficking and slavery

Susan Walker named new Employment Tribunals President

27th May 2022 | careers , dispute resolution , employment
Vice-President steps up to new role

Aberdein Considine expands with Edinburgh merger

20th May 2022 | commercial property , employment , family-child law | Housing
Combined business will employ more than 480 staff

HSE tackles work-related stress in new campaign

16th November 2021 | employment , practice management | Health and safety
Regulator calls for mental health risk to be treated like physical risk

Union members win appeal over company's direct offers

27th October 2021 | employment | Employment law
Letters bypassing negotiations were breach of legislation

Tribunal claimant must seek interim diligence in court

13th October 2021 | civil litigation , employment , europe | Employment law , EU / international , Civil court work
Supreme Court: lack of employment tribunal power not a breach of EU law

"Fair work" agenda goes out to views

5th October 2021 | employment | Employment law
Ministers seek views on opportunities, and barriers

Consultation runs on shutting large shops for New Year

24th June 2021 | employment , consumer
Ministers ask whether Christmas Day closing should also apply on 1 January

Recruitment consultants' restrictive covenants upheld

21st April 2021 | employment | Competition
Court confirms interim interdict against competing for six months across UK

IBA marks Women's Day with major project launch

8th March 2021 | careers , employment | Discrimination
Nine year programme will seek gender parity blueprint by 2030

Claire Armstrong takes leadership role at Dentons

26th February 2021 | careers , employment
Promotion creates all-female top team in Scotland

Supreme Court rules against Uber in "workers" appeal

19th February 2021 | employment | Employment law
Employment Tribunal justified in finding that drivers were "workers"

Holyrood rejects workplace deaths law change

22nd January 2021 | employment , government-administration
Bill could be considered again after May election
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