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		<title>Landmark Case on Disability Discrimination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More People to be Covered by Disability Law
The House of Lords clarified the UK&#8217;s Disability Law and have awarded Elizabeth Boyle £125,000 compensation from her former employer.
The ruling means that more people with controlled, recurring conditions are covered by disability law.

It extends protection from discrimination to people with a range of health conditions where symptoms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/landmark-case-on-disability-discrimination/</link>
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		<title>Council Lose 500m GBP Equal Pay Claim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[£500 million Equal Pay Decision
Birmingham City Council could be facing a £500 million bill in back-dated pay and bonuses when nearly 5,000 women workers at the council, mainly employed as cooks, cleaners and care assistants, won a class action on equal pay at an employment tribunal after it was discovered their male counterparts were earning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/council-lose-500m-gbp-equal-pay-claim/</link>
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		<title>ID Checks save 17 GBP per second</title>
		<description><![CDATA[100% Increase in Fines paid for Illegal Workers


The total annual fines paid by employers for taking on illegal  workers doubled last year, according to figures obtained from the UK  Border Agency (UKBA).


The UKBA imposed 2,210 civil penalties for  the offence in 2009, with fines totalling £22.1 million. This is almost  double [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/id-checks-save-33-to-66-per-minute/</link>
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		<title>Five Tips for Employers on Volcanic Pay Disputes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To Pay or not to Pay &#8211; That will be the question??
What do I need to do to avoid eruptions about pay as I have staff who will be taking extra time off because of the travel chaos?
A common question I am being asked at the moment and as always there are numerous opinions/views out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/five-tips-for-employers-on-volcanic-pay-disputes/</link>
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		<title>Workers Rights Helpline gets 50,000 Calls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pay and Work Rights Helpline
More than 50,000 people have called a government helpline on workers’ rights since it launched in September and last week launched a video on YouTube giving  advice for employees on basic work rights. View video here.
Source: Department for Business,  Innovation and Skills (BIS)
The Pay and Work Rights Helpline offers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/workers-rights-helpline-gets-50000-calls/</link>
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		<title>Time to Train a legal right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good question &#8211; which has two answers:  &#8216;Yes&#8217; if you employ more than 250 employees and &#8216;No&#8217; if less.
From 6 April 2010, approximately 11 million employees in Great Britain  will have a new right to request &#8216;time to train&#8217;. This will be extended  to cover employees in all businesses from 6 April 2011. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/time-to-train-a-legal-right/</link>
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		<title>Statutory Payments 6 April 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from my posting on new fit note I have been asked what other changes have occurred in April? Well its been quite quiet &#8211; no doubt to coincide with the election!
Anyway thought best to reaffirm statutory payment changes from previous blog summarised below.
The most common statutory payments are effective from April and are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/statutory-payments-6-april-2010/</link>
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		<title>Fit Note replaces Sick Note 6th April</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sick Note replaced by new Fit Note
If you missed or need a reminder of my blog article posted in February on this change click here and read all about todays introduction of the new &#8216;Fit Note&#8217;.
It also includes a link which explains how the new procedures will work.

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		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/fit-note-replaces-sick-note-6th-april/</link>
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		<title>New 500,000 GBP fines for breaching Data Protection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Data Protection &#8211; £500,000 penalty rolled out 
An area mostly ignored by smaller business &#8211; Data Protection. People have a vague idea when it might apply but as with most legislation there is a reluctance to look at it closely because of time constraints and it is seen as low priority in the bigger scheme [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/new-500000-gbp-fines-for-breaching-data-protection/</link>
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		<title>Student Visa Changes (Tier 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have employed people before on student visas some critical changes have been made by UKBA (UK Borders Agency) on the 3rd March 2010.
These changes will not affect employees you currently employ, just those applying for visas after the March date.
The change seems to have two purposes: reduce the financial earning potential for students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ed-belegal.com/edblog/student-visa-changes-tier-4/</link>
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