Weekly issue 79 - April - May 2003

Opaque pay systems go for a Barton

Equal pay may seem something of a misnomer where salaries of hundreds of thousands of pounds are concerned

Landmark settlement for South African asbestos workers

The high profile battle in the South African courts to secure compensation for South African asbestos miners and their families has concluded with a landmark multi-million rand settlement which will lead to the first and only asbestos trust fund in South Africa

The new world disorder

With 9/11, the Iraq War and the situation in Israel, there is now a heightened concern about the risk of a terrorist attack

Employment Relations Act 1999 review

In introducing the Employment Relations Act 1999 the government promised to review its operation and effectiveness after a period of time

Reason why first

Discrimination cases rarely reach the House of Lords, but when they do, they matter