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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 478 - European case set to boost paternity rights

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2010-10-01

A new ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) suggests fathers who take advantage of new rights to extended paternity leave from April next year could be entitled to the same rights and benefits from their employer as women who...


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HR e-briefing 482 - Scottish appeal court ruling on annual leave

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2010-10-21

The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that employers are permitted to schedule leave under the Working Time Regulations (WTR) and Working Time Directive (WTD) so that it falls at a time an employee would not otherwise be working...


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HR e-briefing 484 - Data protection: ICO flexes muscles with first use of new fines power

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2010-11-25

The ICO has announced its first use of its recent power to issue fines or monetary penalties for serious breaches of the data protection legislation. The power became effective in April 2010 (see Full Article


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HR e-briefing - 497 Red tape cuts

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-03-18

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has revealed that the right to request flexible work arrangements will not be extended to parents of 17 year olds in April as previously announced. Contrary to some reports, the existing law p...


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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 503: July 2011 Implementation of the Bribery Act confirmed

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-04-05

After many months of speculation and delay, the Ministry of Justice published Government Guidance in respect of the Bribery Act 2010 last week, paving the way for the Act coming in to force on 1 July. Although, as the name suggests, the Act is aime...


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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 507: Flexible parental leave, working time, equal pay and flexible working - more changes afoot

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-05-16

Today, a consultation has been launched on government plans to: Full Article


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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 511: Bribery Act in force

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-06-27

The Bribery Act 2010 will come in to force this Friday, 1 July 2011. Much has been written about its likely implications. At the start of the debate, it would even be fair to say there was a degree...


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HR e-briefing 520: Changing terms and conditions; a question of balance

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-09-26

In difficult economic times employers will inevitably look to reduce the costs of employment. However, achieving this in practice can be fraught with legal, practical and also emotive issues. In some circumstances contractual change may be achieved ...


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HR e-briefing 525: Holidays and sickness – latest ruling

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-11-07

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that workers are only entitled to holiday pay under regulation 16 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) when they actually exercise their right to take the leave in question.  The EAT made...


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HR e-briefing 526: CJEU rules on right to carry over holiday accrued whilst on long term sick

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-11-22

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its decision in the case of  KHS AG v Winfried Schulte, an important case about whether a worker on long term sick leave has the right to carry forward annual leave accrue...


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E-briefing - New China franchise regulations: replacement of approvals by registration?

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2007-03-06

Introduction The long-awaited regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchise Operations (the 'New Regulations') were promulgated by the State Council of the PRC on 6 February 2007, and will take effect on 1 May 2007. They apply equally t...


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E-briefing - China in Focus

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2007-11-09

New filing and information disclosure rules relating to franchising regimes in China came into effect on 1 May 2007. Following the implementation of these rules  a clearer franchise regime has come into shape in China. The Filing Rules The Fi...


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Star Group LP (SGU) CEO Jeff Woosnam on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:18:56 -0400


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Covid 19 coronavirus: Two new cases one day before Jacinda Ardern, Cabinet decision on level 2

By www.nzherald.co.nz
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:46:58 +1200

After weeks of Kiwis being urged to stay home, stay safe and wash their hands, the Cabinet will have its own hands full with a final piece of the Covid data jigsaw revealed today.There are just two new cases of Covid-19 - continuing...


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Effects of Hawke's Bay drought revealed in Nasa photographs

By www.nzherald.co.nz
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:55:25 +1200

Photographs of Hawke's Bay taken from space almost a year apart show the effects of its drought.The photos, taken by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), compare the region on May 2, 2019, and April 29 this year....


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HR e-briefing 298 - Agency workers: past, present and future

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2007-02-22

The Dti has, this week, announced plans to introduce a series of measures designed to give greater protection to certain agency workers. The proposals follow the publication of a green paper by the European Commission, in which it vows to look again...


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HR e-briefing 360 - Equality for agency workers - how will this affect your business? (Survey)

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2008-05-27

Reaction to last week’s announcement that agency workers are to be given equal employment rights to comparable permanent employees after 12 weeks service, has been swift but also mixed (see Full Article


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HR e-briefing 367 - Agency workers to receive sick pay

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2008-07-03

The statutory sick pay scheme has historically excluded individuals who work under a contract of three months or less duration. This exclusion from qualification for statutory sick pay (SSP) was removed for fixed term employees in 2002 when employme...


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HR e-briefing no 376 - Agency workers survey - are we facing 'all change' on the agency front?

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2008-08-05

News of a revised Agency Workers Directive is still awaited from Europe and is unlikely to emerge before early 2009. For the time being, employers and agency workers alike are in the dark as to how equality of employment rights for agency worke...


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HR e-briefing 384 - The Agency Workers Directive is adopted without controversy but not so the amended Working Time Directive it would seem...

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2008-10-22

The rocky road travelled by the Agency Workers Directive since 2002 is nearing its end as a final version has been approved in Europe. After six years on the back burner, a slightly revised version of the Directive has been adopted. It is no longer ...


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HR e-briefing 413 - questions remain as the government publishes consultation paper on equality for agency workers

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2009-05-08

Since Europe reached agreement on the Agency Workers Directive in October 2008, considerable flexibility has been left to individual Member States as to how they interpret and apply its framework of legal protection for agency workers by 5 December ...


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HR e-briefing 431 - Agency worker Regulations - implementation delayed until 2011

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2009-10-15

Rarely has a single piece of legislation been as keenly debated as the Regulations to implement the Agency Workers Directive in the UK. Against a background of increasingly politicised and opposing views, draft Regulations have today been published b...


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HR e-briefing 481 - No changes to be made to the Agency Worker Regulations 2010

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2010-10-19

In a short announcement to the House of Commons this morning, Ed Davey, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs confirmed that the Government's much awaited review of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 is concluded. No changes...


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HR e-briefing 500: Agency Worker Regulations -True or False?

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-03-29

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come in to force in October this year. As with many new laws, guidance from the government as to intended application and meaning is frequently helpful. This is no less so for these Regulations and the compl...


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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 502: Guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations finally published

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-04-01

The Government has published its much-awaited Guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 in draft today. A final version is expected shortly, once further comment has been collated. The Regulations themselves are due to come in to force on 1 Oc...


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HR e-briefing 509: Agency workers - the lead up to October 2011

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-06-06

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (the Regulations) will come in to force on 1 October this year. Earlier this month, the Government published its guidance to the Regulations. At the beginning of last month, we asked recipients of our e-briefings...


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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 517: Still time to get ready for AWR

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-08-01

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come in to force on 1 October 2011 and in to full effect from 25 December, as workers begin to satisfy the 12 week qualifying period. Many agencies and hirers have b...


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XLE Weekly: Re-Test Of Key Resistance Holds As Relief Rally Stalls

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:30:04 -0400


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XLF Weekly: Balance Above Key Support Following Last Week's Relief Rally High

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:15:00 -0400


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Star Group LP (SGU) CEO Jeff Woosnam on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:18:56 -0400


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Cushman & Wakefield plc (CWK) CEO Brett White on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:53:09 -0400


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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 518: Count to the Olympics starts now.. Twelve months to go

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-08-09

A year away but the anticipation and, for some, apprehension over the 2012 Olympics is already building. Tickets are allocated and we are told the key structures are in place, ready for 27 July 2012. The Games will then run until 12 August 2012, sho...


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HR e-briefing 523: Countdown to the Olympics.. Nine months to go

By www.eversheds.com
Published On :: 2011-11-01

Countdown to the Olympics.. Nine months to go Over the summer we encouraged organisations to start preparing ahead for holiday leave requests for the 2012 Olympics (Full Article


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Church and state partnership is beneficial to humanity

By www.monitor.co.ug
Published On :: 2020-05-10T08:00:00Z

Wondering whether the collaboration with the state by spiritual leaders might not be a betrayed of faith in the power of God to reign over the virus


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US CDC, FDA Chiefs in Self-Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure

By www.voanews.com
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:02:18 -0400

CDC chief ‘will be teleworking for the next two weeks’ after a 'low-risk exposure’


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India Defense Chief: India Must Stop Buying and Depending on Foreign-Made Weapons

By www.voanews.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:24:13 -0400

Only Saudi Arabia surpasses India in the purchase of foreign weapons


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Tourist ferries irked after left out of migrant chartering

By www.maltatoday.com.mt
Published On :: Sun,10 May 2020 10:35:32 +0200

Three tourist boat operators complain of having been left out of process which saw the government charter Captain Morgan to host migrants


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Nigeria: Coronavirus - FCT Chief Judge Orders Reopening of Courts

By allafrica.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:24:41 GMT

[Premium Times] The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Ishaq Bello, has ordered all courts in the FCT to resume regular proceedings from Monday, May 11.


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Nigeria: Fortify and the Wellbeing Foundation Africa Announce Strategic Partnership to Reduce Iron Deficiency and Improve Maternal Survival in West Africa

By allafrica.com
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:41:14 GMT

[Wellbeing Foundation] CHICAGO, Illinois and LAGOS, NIGERIA -Partnership combines private sector ingenuity with local know-how and leadership to save the lives of millions of women and children suffering from iron deficiency


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Mulla Omer's son made Taliban military chief

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: The son of the Afghan Taliban’s late founder Mulla Mohammad Omer has been appointed as the Taliban military chief in a political reshuffle to check the power of his predecessor, senior militant figures have said.Mulla Mohammad Yaqoob has been announced head of the military...


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How FIA defrauds innocent citizens and implicates them in bogus case

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: In a shocking move, Federal Investigation Agency’s own internal inquiry has revealed how an official of the agency converted a business deal between two private parties into a human trafficking case and implicated innocent citizens in a bogus case.Raja Muhammad Ishaq — an...


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Top civil service reformer unveils reform agenda

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: Government’s top adviser on civil service reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain unveils the variety of changes being made in the country’s bureaucratic structures and systems from civil servants’ induction, recruitment, training, performance, promotion, compensation and retirement...


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How FIA defrauds innocent citizens and implicate them in bogus case

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: In a shocking move, Federal Investigation Agency’s own internal inquiry has revealed how an official of the agency converted a business deal between two private parties into a human trafficking case and implicated innocent citizens in a bogus case.Raja Muhammad Ishaq — an...


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Mulla Omer's son made Taliban military chief

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: The son of the Afghan Taliban's late founder Mulla Mohammad Omer has been appointed as the Taliban military chief in a political reshuffle to check the power of his predecessor, senior militant figures have said.Mulla Mohammad Yaqoob has been announced head of the military commission...


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How FIA defrauds innocent citizens and implicates them in bogus case

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: In a shocking move, Federal Investigation Agency’s own internal inquiry has revealed how an official of the agency converted a business deal between two private parties into a human trafficking case and implicated innocent citizens in a bogus case.Raja Muhammad Ishaq — an...


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Govt top civil service reformer unveils reform agenda

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

ISLAMABAD: Government’s top adviser on civil service reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain unveils the variety of changes being made in the country’s bureaucratic structures and systems from civil servants’ induction, recruitment, training, performance, promotion, compensation and retirement...


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Govt's top civil service reformer unveils reform agenda

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500

The new Local Government Acts approved by Punjab and KP assemblies would strengthen the local bodies whose heads would be directly elected by the people and operate with the assistance of the civil servants


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The US administration's effective peace work in Israel

By www.jpost.com
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:45:32 GMT


The moving of the embassy not only put an end to a historic travesty but also made clear to the world something everyone anyhow already knew – Jerusalem is not for sale.


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Defense Ministry to establish four intensive care units in Petah Tikva

By www.jpost.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:38:36 GMT


The project is estimated at about NIS 30 million.


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Health Ministry deputy chief: Second coronavirus wave in summer expected

By www.jpost.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:52:59 GMT


Deputy Director-General of the Health Ministry Itamar Grotto insisted that despite improvements in coronavirus conditions around the country, we must be prepared for a second wave in summer.


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