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Pay and prices (402 words)

Labour Research Department three monthly pay figures ...

Pay deals (916 words)

Each month in Pay News Bargaining Report looks at the latest pay deals and recent surveys on pay and related issues. Brief details on ...

Overtime working - still the employer's flexible friend (4354 words)

Although official figures show a fall in overtime working, more than one in four employees are still paid for working an average seven and ...

Equal treatment law (1643 words)

General issues of discrimination law ...

Transfers between subsidiaries (88 words)

The European Court of Justice has ruled that transfers of work between companies with the same overall owner come within the definition of the ...

Tribunals and the Human Rights Act (123 words)

Where an employer is insolvent employees have the right to make a claim to the secretary of state for trade and industry in respect ...

Failure to consult (38 words)

Where an employer fails to consult with employees prior to a transfer it is the company to which the work is transferred which is ...

Reasonableness of dismissal (275 words)

For employers to avoid unfair dismissal claims they not only have to have dismissed for a "fair" reason, but to have acted fairly and ...

Union threaten action over working time (210 words)

Members of broadcasting union BECTU and journalists' union the NUJ are to take industrial action this month over the introduction of night working at ...

Changes to working time rules feature among new safety laws (435 words)

A number of new safety regulations have come into force over the last month. ...

Excessive overtime is bad for you (108 words)

People who work more than an hour of overtime each day, particularly if they are forced to work additional hours by their employer, are ...

Stakeholder rules exempt small firms (438 words)

Organisations with fewer than five employees will not be required to give their workers access to stakeholder pensions. This was one of a number ...

Help in balancing work and life (1657 words)

Since 15 December 1999 UK employees have had new legal rights to take unpaid leave from work in respect of their family or caring ...

Low paid women lose out on state benefits (280 words)

Many low-paid women are losing out on pensions, unemployment, health and sickness benefits because they do not understand the importance of paying National Insurance ...

First industry level deals in Finland (207 words)

Unions in the engineering and construction sectors have agreed a 3.1% pay rise for the period from 15 January to the end of January ...

35-hour week in France (138 words)

The law introducing the 35-hour week comes in force next month in France. It will apply to all companies with more than 20 employees. ...

Modest pay deals in Austria (164 words)

Recent pay settlements in Austria have continued the modest trend established by the metalworkers' agreement (see Bargaining Report November 1999). On 14 January post ...

Hard bargaining in Germany (146 words)

This year's pay talks in Germany are likely to be difficult. Germany's largest union IG Metall has already put forward two separate claims worth ...

Spain, Netherlands and Portugal increase minimum wage rates (373 words)

Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal have all increased the rates for their national minimum wages (NMW) from the start of this month. ...

Irish unions in national talks over new pay pact (231 words)

A new national pay pact for Ireland is likely to be agreed in within the next few weeks. Unions, employers, the government and community ...

Pay deals (638 words)

Health workers ...

Public sector makes the running (666 words)

Pay deals remained steady at a mid-point of 3% up to the end of 1999 but key public sector settlements, which are not due ...