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Equal pay threatens to spark coalition Government conflict
: Equal pay audits could emerge as a point of conflict for the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government, given the contrasting stances taken by the coalition partners.
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Increase to personal allowance next year
: The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives plan to take significant numbers of taxpayers out of income tax from next year, but are constrained by the deficit from achieving a starting threshold of £10,000, as promised in the Liberal Democrat manifesto.
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Male worker wins bias case
: A man has won a claim of sex discrimination in a case where his employer dismissed him instead of a pregnant colleague – ironically for fear of a tribunal case. To deepen the irony, the case was at the Leeds office of leading law firm Eversheds.
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NAPF puts faith in reforms
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Teen sacked via Facebook
: Teenager Chelsea Taylor has been sacked from her job, in a misspelt Facebook message. It is thought to be the first time in Britain that a worker has been sacked via Facebook. The teenager was fired after she lost a £10 note when she was sent to buy a packet of biscuits.
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Met under fire for costly HR overhaul
: A major overhaul of the Met Police’s HR system, which has taken some four years to complete, has come under fire for being £10m over budget. The system, developed by French IT firm Steria, was to create a self-service computer programme and call centre that would deal with holidays, sick leave, most wages and other personnel issues for the Met’s 52,000 officers and staff.
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The most popular options being considered, to take account of the fixtures, was shift swapping (33%), early finishes (59%) and late starts (35%) according to the research by DLA Piper which revealed that some 51% of 352 employers surveyed were investigating the option of felxible working for their staff during this period.
: As well as seeking to mitigate absences in the workplace, employers must also consider their policy on internet usage during working hours, warn international legal firm, DLA Piper, as many of the games will be screened in the day time and will be streamed across the internet.
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