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Monthly Archives: September 2011

One million suffering from brain injuries in the UK every year

Posted on 26/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

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According to a recent article by no win no fee solicitors agency, First4Lawyers, around 15 people every single hour – that’s 130,000 patients a year – in Britain are admitted to hospital suffering from brain injuries or all severities. With brain injury figures on a steady incline, so too, it would seem, is the instance of third party negligence – like employer and medical negligence (for which many either don’t realise they can or don’t want to claim compensation). It’s fast becoming, therefore, quite apparent that something needs to be done to help prevent the risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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Compromised Agreement?

Posted on 23/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

I’ve noticed a disturbing tendency recently for some employers to tell redundant employees that they will only contribute to their legal costs incurred by a third party solicitor reviewing the compromise agreement if the employee uses the firm of solicitor nominated by the company.  If the employee wants to go to a solicitor of their own choice they will have to pay all the legal costs associated with the advice they receive, without any contribution from the employer.  Remember that it is a legal requirement that a compromise agreement be reviewed by an independent solicitor in order to make the agreement legally binding.

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Ed Davey Talks Turkey

Posted on 20/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

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The government promised us with reform of the Employment Tribunal system several months ago, but hard details have still to emerge.  Instead the Post Office Minister, Ed Davey addressed the Lib Dems at their conference in Birmingham on Monday and sandwiched between talk about more post offices and supermarkets he produced detailed proposals for a radical overhaul of the ET system, thus redressing the alleged imbalance between employers and employees.

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Can You Tell Your Boss to Fxxx Off and Get Away With It?

Posted on 14/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

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As a general rule of thumb employees would usually be well advised not to try this course of action, even as banter.  One employee, Mrs Doman, who had been a customer service adviser with the Royal Mail for nine years told her supervisor to “Fxxx Off” and was sacked for her pains.

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Saturday Digressions

Posted on 10/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

 

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The Bribery Act probably doesn’t outlaw breakfast “networking” meetings that just happen to coincide with rugby matches and take place near a large TV screen.  I’m always very keen on that sort of networking. Invitations to all rugby, cricket and football matches accepted.

On the way to the said networking meeting you can listen to Lucy Kellaway’s excellent podcast called, appropriately enough “Listen to Lucy”.  I’ve only recently discovered them and they are great: short, amusing, pithy but always worth a listen. Lucy’s theme is usually the nonsense surrounding corporate life – buzzwords, mission statements, public announcements, research etc.  Her latest considers a recent report that says teddy bears may be a benefit in the boardroom.  You can listen by clicking here.

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The ACAS Report on Workplaces and Social Networking

Posted on 09/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

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ACAS recently published a research paper on the use of social media in the workplace, called “Workplaces and Social Networking: The implications for Employment Relations“, as well as some very useful guidelines on how to draft a social media policy.   It’s also about time that ACAS provided some guidance in what is becoming an increasingly difficult area.

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Coulson’s Compromise Agreement: So What?

Posted on 05/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

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I’ve been away in France for a couple of weeks, hence the silence on this blog.  It’s now time to burn off those calories with some serious typing and what better start than on a story that Robert Peston ran on his BBC blog on the 22nd August (apologies if this is staler than yesterday’s croissant)?  Under a headline “Coulson got hundreds of thousands of pounds from News International”, Mr. Peston reported that Andy Coulson (yes, the one late of News International (NI) and News of the World) received several hundred thousand pounds in respect of

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