employment law solicitors

A Norwich Solicitor’s View: The Pros and Cons of George Osborne’s Shares for Rights Scheme

by GordonDean February 12, 2013 Compromise Agreements

Chancellor George Osborne’s initiative announced at the Conservative Party Conference earlier this month would allow employees to swap some of their employment rights for shares in the company they are working for. Mr Osborne announced that if deemed effective, the policy would be implemented by April 2013. In a nutshell, employees would create a hybrid […]

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Claiming compensation for industrial noise-related hearing loss

by JamesBooker February 7, 2013 Personal Injury

Making a personal injury claim for hearing loss Many people believe that hearing loss is an unavoidable aspect of getting older, but this is not always true. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), hundreds of people every year are diagnosed with noise-induced deafness after having worked in loud environments. Without suitable protection from […]

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An employee who claimed she was not told about her firm being moved has filed constructive dismissal case

by duncan12 December 19, 2012 Employment Law

An accountancy employee is seeking compensation for constructive unfair dismissal and sex discrimination against her former employee. She claimed that her firm had moved from Rubery to Kidderminster without keeping her informed while she was on maternity leave. Jodie Rhodes of Headless Cross complained to a Birmingham Employment Tribunal preliminary hearing, that the firm had […]

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A NHS trust worker who was unfairly dismissed has been given a big sum as settlement

by duncan12 November 8, 2012 Employment Law

A nurse and trade unionist Yunus Bakhsh who was unfairly dismissed from his employment in 2006 by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has won a big sum as a final settlement in his dispute against his former employer. Yunus had won an employment tribunal case against the trust in 2010 claiming unfair dismissal. […]

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A NHS trust worker who was unfairly dismissed has been given a big sum as settlement

by duncan12 November 6, 2012 Employment Law

A nurse and trade unionist Yunus Bakhsh who was unfairly dismissed from his employment in 2006 by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has won a big sum as a final settlement in his dispute against his former employer. Yunus had won an employment tribunal case against the trust in 2010 claiming unfair dismissal. […]

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