Vacancy in UK Law
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Trading on empty – retail vacancy figures
It’s the fifth year of the downturn and still we are casting around for good news. It was in short supply last week when the Local Data Company (LDC) launched their shop vacancy report at the Seve...
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Case Alert: The Duty to Offer an Alternative Vacancy to Women on Maternity Leave
In Sefton Borough Council v Wainwright, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that employers must offer a woman on maternity leave a suitable alternative vacancy when they first become aware th...
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Global mobility - Home Office compliance visits
Organisations that hold a licence to sponsor migrant workers from outside the EEA have agreed with the Home Office to fulfil certain duties. The objectives of the duties are to prevent abuse of the...... ... Duties that apply to all sponsors include record keeping duties, reporting duties, complying with the law, having a genuine vacancy for a migrant worker, and co-operating with the Home Office ... The duty to co-operate with the Home Office means allowing Home Office staff full ... ...
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What Does the UK's New Conservative Government and New Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Mean for the UK's Energy Sector?
Introduction - On 8 May 2015 David Cameron's Conservatives won an unexpected majority in the House of Commons, bringing an end to the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition that had been in p...... ... Davey, who served as the pre-election Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, lost his seat as a Member of Parliament, creating a vacancy for the post of leader of the UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). On 11 May 2015 David Cameron appointed Amber Rudd, a ... ...
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Extending Redundancy Protection For New Parents (UK)
... ... during her maternity leave period is entitled to be offered (as opposed to merely having the opportunity to apply for) a suitable available vacancy where one is available with the employer or an associated employer. If an employer fails to comply with this obligation, any dismissal will be ... ...
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Apply For A Health & Care Worker Sponsor Licence
... ... The skilled worker route is to enable companies to bring workers ... to work for them. ... This must involve a genuine vacancy - a real job that the ... overseas worker can do and will be paid to do by the sponsor. ... A Certificate of Sponsorship has to be issued by the ... ...
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Apply For A Health & Care Worker Sponsor Licence
... ... The skilled worker route is to enable companies to bring workers ... to work for them. ... This must involve a genuine vacancy - a real job that the ... overseas worker can do and will be paid to do by the sponsor. ... A Certificate of Sponsorship has to be issued by the ... ...
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Redundancy During Maternity Leave
... ... did this, it would risk claims by its male employees for sex ... discrimination ... What amounts to a "suitable available vacancy" under ... regulation 10? ... In accordance with regulation 10, a suitable available vacancy ... would be a role which involves carrying out work ... ...
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Extending redundancy protection for new parents (UK)
The UK government last week issued a consultation on “extending redundancy protection for women and new parents”. The proposals would mean that women who have recently returned to work after a peri...... ... during her maternity leave period is entitled to be offered (as opposed to merely having the opportunity to apply for) a suitable available vacancy where one is available with the employer or an associated employer. If an employer fails to comply with this obligation, any dismissal will be ... ...
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Agency Worker Right To Information About Relevant Vacancies Does Not Include Right To Apply
... ... In Angard Staffing Solutions v Kocur, the Employment ... Appeal Tribunal ruled that this right to information about a ... vacancy does not encompass a right to apply and be considered for ... the vacancy on the same terms as directly hired employees. ... The hirer was ... ...
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