Archive for November, 2009
By Sarah - Monday, November 30th, 2009
Back in 2007 the Tower of London had its first female beefeater in a 1000 year history with the appointment of Miss Cameron. She qualified to be a Yeoman Warder after 22 years in the armed services but her appointment was a controversial one. She claimed at the time that not everyone was supportive of her appointment when she started work at the Tower with her 34 male colleagues.
Now two male beefeaters have been dismissed after an investigation into a bullying campaign against her. One of those dismissed has been talking to the papers and says his life has been ruined by the allegations, as he has lost his annual salary and reduced rent home at the Tower of London. The allegation was that he swore more in her presence, avoided her and generally acted as a ring leader when it came to her unfair treatment. He says he has been dismissed because “he is a man and because of political correctness”.
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By Sarah - Monday, November 30th, 2009
According to a survey by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) 40% of women say that they find returning to work after maternity leave difficult or very difficult. 33% said that their relationship with their boss had deteriorated since they became pregnant and that their promotion prospects had been reduced since having a baby. The survey polled over 1500 mothers who had just returned to work after maternity leave. Around 1 in 7 women return to work in a less senior position than when they left and 88% want to work flexibly when they return to work.
Despite the wave of equality legislation over recent years the NCT claims women are still not getting the suppport they need when they return to work. In my view this is not reflected everywhere and the Government should re-look at the Keeping in Touch (KIT) days. 10 is nowhere near enough KIT days especially if women wish to take off 9-12 months from a senior position. This can be exhausted in a matter of weeks given the rule that any work on any day counts as a whole day! Surely a pro-rata’d amount for the absence would be better rather than a one size fits all policy!
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By Practice Administration Team - Friday, November 27th, 2009
Following on from our very successful Casino night back in 2007, last night we held a Murder Mystery evening at Greetham Valley Golf and Conference Centre. As you can see from the collage of photographs we had a brilliant evening and would like to thank all our guests, together with the Dine-Amic Events Company and the staff at Greetham Valley for helping us to put on a spectacular evening! If you would like any copies of pictures please email me linda@pjhlaw.co.uk and I will send them to you.
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By Olivia - Thursday, November 26th, 2009
to this week’s Times lawyer of the week, Shah Qureshi, who represented Tim Nicholson the environmentalist whose views about climate change and the environment were deemed to be protected by anti-discrimination legislation.
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By Philip - Thursday, November 26th, 2009
.. which is surprising as £800k is a big award for a DDA claim!
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By Liam - Thursday, November 26th, 2009
This article reports that the banks have won the battle in the Supreme Court about the fairness of bank charges such as late payment and unauthorised overdraft fees. However it looks like the banks may not have won the war - the Court indicated there may be other grounds on which to challenge the charges.
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By Nicky - Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Over 3,000 jobs are reportedly at risk following the collapse of the sale of General Motors’ Saab company to Swedish car-maker Koenigsegg. After months of intense negotiation Koenigsegg finally pulled out saying they “regretted” not being able to continue with the deal.
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By Practice Administration Team - Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
This was a trial that was shown last night and had me in stitches.
If you have a few moments to spare indulge yourself and have a giggle!!
I\’m a Celebrity
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By Olivia - Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
A quick reminder of a change to take effect as from 14 December. Before jobs can be offered to non EEA workers they must have been advertised for two weeks (or one week if salary is £40,000 or more). For advertising campaigns starting on or after 14 December this will be extended to four weeks. The four week period will not need to run continuously and employers who have already run ads will not need to re-advertise to meet the new requirement.
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By Practice Administration Team - Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
I did a blog a while ago on a young artist, Kieron Williamson, from Holt in Norfolk. Now this man has come to light and he lives a stone’s throw from Kieron in Briston. His talent is even more exceptional as he is a thalidomide victim and has no arms, using just his right foot to do all his painting. North Norfolk is clearly a very special part of the world producing some fine people!!!.
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