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HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 150
16 May 2006
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Editor’s note
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TUPE rules have recently changed. To help our members throw
some light on the legislation we sought legal guidance from two
lawyers on a question sent in by Chris Burgess. See the
responses by Martin Brewer, a partner with the employment team
of Mills & Reeve, and Helen Badger, employment law expert at
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Annie Hayes MCIPD
Editor
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Key business solutions:
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Catch up on the latest answers supplied by members at Any
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Conditional resignations
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Kam Bains
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Argues that announcing an intention to resign (conditional or
otherwise) does not of itself amount to a resignation.
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Use of mobile phones
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Jonathan Senior
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Bonus reduction – Potential discrimination?
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Legal advice on HR Zone
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What’s the answer? TUPE with less than 12 months service?
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Chris Burgess gets legal guidance this week from Mills & Reeve
and Browne Jacobson on whether TUPE rules apply where employees
have less then a year’s service with the same company.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/154532

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News in Brief
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News in Brief: Britain’s most dangerous jobs revealed
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Catch up on the week in HR including: Britain’s most dangerous
jobs revealed, UK workers lack job confidence, NHS makes further
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massage as a form of stress management.
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Contract examples sought for person working on commission plus
basic hourly rate.
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members from 1 June and we’d like you to take part by nominating
your company as a beacon of employee benefits excellence. Got an
amazing benefits structure? Beam with pride at the pick and mix
options? Hold your employer in high esteem for their generous
packages? We’d like to hear from you. Simply email the editor at
mailto:editor@hrzone.co.uk and nominate your business for the
chance to be put under the spotlight in our brand new Employee
Benefits Zone coming soon.
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Welcome new members
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This week, HR Zone welcomes members from the following
organisations, among others, to the site:

Fife Council, Withers LLP, Dunfermline Building Society, Jigsaw
People Solutions, The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust,
Croner Consulting, BBC, Motorola, Computers In Personnel, Thames
Water, Irish Nationwide Building Society, Rockpool, Citizens
Advice Bureau, National Trust, Simplyhealth, Learning and Skills
Council.

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