Sickness absence: four steps to spotting and dealing with malingerers
How do HR manage employees whose absence patterns suggest they are malingerers? Catharine Cooksley, looks at recent legal cases and provides four steps employers can take to deal with the problem.
27 April 2016
NuclearCONNECT - Structuring joint ventures in the supply chain
Nick Graves and Edward Barratt of Burges Salmon discuss the recent coverage that continues to highlight the importance of joint ventures in the nuclear industry.
21 January 2015
Obesity discrimination - how long do we have to wait?
The obesity epidemic that is sweeping the developed world. The NHS views obesity as its biggest challenge, killing millions of people and costing billions. Cooke investigates recent case law here.
13 August 2014
Should I stay or should I go? (Revisited) - further automatic suspension upheld
Further to our briefing, Procurement Challenges - should I stay or should I go?, the English High Court has stayed another contract award. We consider what this means here.
13 November 2014
Odds and ends: EC regulation, new SIP 16 consultation, extent of S.236 powers and more
This article covers developments key to practitioners such as reform of the EC Regulation, the consultation on the new-look SIP 16, and the Comet decision on the extent of the court’s S.236 powers.
22 January 2015
Off and Running - The Capacity Market
The Capacity Market is a government initiative forming part of the Electricity Market Reform programme. The primary aim is to ensure security of supply. Phillips and Patel consider this here.
09 December 2014
On the horizon - September 2014
A timeline of pensions law developments on the horizon in future years
25 September 2014
On the horizon
A timeline of pensions law developments on the horizon in future years
19 March 2014
ORR in consultation on Guidance for Complaints Handling Procedures
The ORR seeks consultation responses on proposed guidance for Complaints Handling Procedures. The CHP Guidance is an important change in direction. This briefing discusses the proposed approach.
20 May 2015
ORR issues new guidance for complaints handling procedures
Following ORR’s call for consultation responses in relation to new Guidance for Complaints Handling Procedures, ORR have written to stakeholders about the outcome and published new Guidance for CHPs.
09 October 2015
Pensions - July 2014
Welcome to Pensions, our bi-monthly update to keep you informed of recent developments in pensions law.
03 July 2014
Olympic Airlines: Failed secondary insolvency proceedings
The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by the trustees of a UK pension scheme to commence secondary insolvency proceedings to obtain statutory protection for UK members after its insolvency.
02 July 2013