Work
An employer’s safety duty is about the system, not about the accident
Workplace safety obligations are preventive and continuous, which is why an investigation looks at…
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Work
Contracts, notice, dismissal and what an employment relationship contains.
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Long-term illness sits where capability and adjustment meet
An employer may eventually be entitled to end employment that cannot be performed, and may simultaneously…
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Agency work puts three parties in a relationship built for two
When a worker is supplied by one business to another, the rights that exist and the party who owes them are…
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Hours of work are regulated as a safety matter, not as a pay matter
Limits on working time and entitlements to rest exist because fatigue is treated as a hazard, which is why…
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Working fewer hours is not supposed to mean worse terms
Parity rules for part-time and fixed-term staff work by comparison with someone doing similar work on…
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Leave for a family reason is a set of separate entitlements, not one
Caring obligations are handled by several distinct mechanisms that people merge into a single idea, and the…
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Resigning because of how you were treated is a claim with a high bar
Systems that allow a resignation to be treated as a dismissal require a serious breach by the employer, a…
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Monitoring at work is limited by proportionality, not by who owns the equipment
Employers may supervise work, but owning the laptop does not settle what may be collected about the person…
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