DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES Current figures show that mental health problems cost UK organisations a small fortune every year. We provide an overview of employers? obligations and some of the steps they can take to protect themselves.
HOLIDAY BLUES European law gives workers the right to four weeks? paid annual leave. Although member states can have legislation requiring sick workers to take paid annual leave during sick leave, we look at a case that said that they must also allow them to take it at another time if they want to.
WAIVE GOODBYE If an employee commits a breach of contract, the employer can either accept the breach and end the contract or waive the breach and affirm it. We look at a case that said that the company lost the right to dismiss the employee when it affirmed the contract by failing to take any disciplinary action.
IN BRIEF The Government recently announced that it was bringing forward a review of the default retirement age to 2010 and is now asking for evidence to inform that review.
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