Weekly issue 166

News in brief

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has this week won a major legal victory against government plans to drastically cut civil service redundancy payments

Major or Minor

In cases of minor misconduct, employers sometimes make use of policies aimed at negotiation and conciliation, rather than discipline

Public or private

To establish negligence, claimants have to show that their employer breached their duty of care to them, among other things