Employment Rights
It has been reported by The Sunday Times that the Government is considering plans to remove the 50% admissions cap on new faith schools in England. This would mean that they would no longer have to offer a proportion of their places to children who do not follow their religion but would instead be able… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
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A new law to ensure companies whose negligence leads to the death of employees or the public has today been published after nearly a decade of planning. The corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide bill intends to make it easier to bring to justice large firms whose management failure has resulted in death. It was first… Read more »
The government has today unveiled a radical shake-up of the pensions system, with an increase in the retirement age and new ways to make people save for their old age. Tony Blair said the pensions white paper would create “something that lasts not just for this generation, but for generations to come”, and insisted it… Read more »
