Weekly Issue 318

Employers’ body calls for law to “tackle trade union militancy”

The Institute of Directors is likely to welcome the government’s commitment in this week’s Queen’s Speech to introduce a bill “to reduce the burden of excessive regulation on businesses”.

Who pays the guards?

Article 141 of the EC Treaty lays down the principle of equal pay between men and women for equal work or work of equal value.

Fair Warning

When deciding whether a dismissal is fair or unfair, tribunals have to take a range of factors into account, but what about warnings that are still current?