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The HR Blog
http://blog.pannone.com/employment
A blog from the employment department of Pannone LLP. News and views on the latest developments in employment law
Recent Posts
Helping Mums Return to Work
A poll commissioned by the National Childbirth Trust has shown that over a third of women find returning to work following pregnancy difficult or very difficult. Belinda Phipps, Chief Executive of the NCT stated that its time employers got a grip no...
55% of UK employers plan to freeze pay for another year
Many employees who, having accepted a pay freeze this year, were looking forward to receiving a pay rise next year, will have their hopes dashed according to the results of recent survey. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and recruitment...
Elimination of tax relief on childcare vouchers
More than 340,000 families are members of child voucher schemes, which allow parents to sacrifice up to 243 of their gross salary, in return for electronic vouchers that are paid to registered child carers. This can mean a saving of up to 2400 a year...
Employer stands by unmasked Belle de Jour
The employers of unmasked call girl turned bestselling author Belle de Jour are standing by her. After years of speculation, Belle has revealed her true identity she is Brooke Magnanti, a research scientist who works as a specialist in development...
Belief in climate change protected philosophical belief
The employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has upheld an employment tribunals decision that an individual's belief in man-made climate change and the existence of a moral duty to live in a way that mitigates or avoids it, was capable of being a "philosop...
Associative Discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgment on the case of Coleman v Attridge regarding the issue of associative discrimination. The EAT has upheld the tribunal's decision to reinterpret the Disability Discrimination Act to prevent discrim...

