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Equality Bill to encourage positive discrimination
Employers will be allowed to discriminate in favour of female or ethnic minority
job candidates under a new law announced by Harriet Harman MP today. The
Equality Bill will also ban contractual prohibitions on staff discussing pay
with each other.
26/06/2008
Government lays plans to avoid future data security blunders
The loss last year of 25 million records by HM Revenue and Customs was the
result of "woefully inadequate" processes for data handling, not individual
employees, according to an investigation. The Government has responded with new
data security plans.
25/06/2008
Staff internet policies must be Facebook-ready, warns expert
Dealing with staff who misbehave on the web may be hampered by office policies
written without Web 2.0 sites in mind, an employment expert has said. The
warning follows disciplinary action against 18 police officers who boasted about
crashes on Facebook.
25/06/2008
E-commerce laws to be rewritten by European Commission
A new set of consumer contract laws to harmonise the rules that govern online
selling across the EU will be proposed this autumn by the European Commission.
The EU's consumer chief also promised fresh guidance on viral adverts and
profiling technology.
25/06/2008
Workplaces need a music licence – but enforcement is unfair, says FSB
A British trade body has called for new rules to exempt small businesses from
music licensing fees that are payable if they let staff listen to a radio or
watch TV. Some employers have received demands for unpaid licence fees dating
back several years.
24/06/2008
Journalist claims victory in protection of sources ruling
Police were right to ask a journalist to reveal source material for a book about
terrorism but the terms of the order obtained were too wide, the High Court has
ruled. Arguments on what the terms of the production order should be will be
heard this week.
23/06/2008
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