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Tribunal Fees: refund scheme opens

The process of refunding Tribunal fees began on 20th November, following a four week trial involving one thousand claimants. Anyone who paid a fee between July 2013 and July 2017 can now apply for a …

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Confidential data “intentionally leaked by one in four employees”

In a survey of 2,000 UK staff, data privacy and risk management company Egress Software Technologies has found that one in four  have intentionally leaked confidential business information to individuals outside their organisations. The research …

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Whistleblowers deterred by company culture

Research by law firm Freshfields has found that despite   whistleblowing becoming more standardised practice in workplaces around the world organisational culture still deters large numbers of employees from taking this step. ​In a survey of …

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​Report calls on employers and government to “up their game” on mental health in the workplace

A report by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer has urged employers to do more to look after the mental health of their workforce. Estimating that poor mental health costs employers between £33 billion and …

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Tribunal Fees declared unlawful – what will be the impact?

​The Supreme Court’s ruling that Tribunal fees are unlawful has caused much speculation about possible impact, although whether the more eye-catching forecasts  of a “tsunami of claims” will happen remains to be seen. Here, B3sixty …

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Over a third of LGBT people bullied at work, TUC survey shows

A survey by the TUC has found that over a third (36 per cent) of LGBT people have been bullied or harassed at work. The survey of more than five thousand LGBT people also found …

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