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From time to time we will post news articles and announcements relating to the firm and to various legal issues that may be of interest to you.
Employers more positive on immediate jobs outlook
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The immediate jobs outlook has turned positive for the first time in more than a year, driven largely by a decrease in redundancy intentions. This is the main finding of the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's quarterly Labour M
Construction firms sentenced over crane collapse
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Personal Injury Law
Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down. The 79-metre-high tower crane was being used as part of a multi-mil
CIPD calls for extension of right to request flexible working
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
As reports suggest the Government is poised to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees, new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) reveals that only a tiny minority (4%) of employers have had d
Court of Justice ruling on annual leave and sickness
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently given its judgment in a case involving entitlement to payment for holidays that have not been taken due to sickness. The Working Time Directive imposes an obligation on Member States to take the
Remembering the importance of at-work safety
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Personal Injury Law
Workers’ Memorial Day took place on Saturday 28th April, to mark the many thousands of lives lost due to workplace accidents or ill health. The internationally recognised annual event gives people across the world the chance to remember those who wer
Packaging company fined after worker hit by lorry
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Personal Injury Law
The Corrugated Case Company Ltd has been fined after an employee was seriously injured by a heavy goods vehicle at its site in Chesterfield. Mr Newsum suffered damage to his lower spine, fractures to his pelvis, ribs and leg, a damaged shoulder and c
Calls for changes to treatment of whistleblowers
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
An employment law Professor has claimed that a change in work culture is necessary to encourage employees to use the proper internal channels to report corporate wrongdoing, and to stop future public disclosures of malpractice. According to David Lew
Government acts on SLC recommendations on prosecution of partnerships
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Personal Injury Law
The UK Government has launched a consultation on how to close the legal loophole on the prosecution on partnerships in Scotland and how to reform the law on unincorporated associations. The proposals that the Government is seeking views on are based
Tackling taboo of mental ill-health at work
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
Acas has launched its first guide to tackle the last taboo in business - mental illness at work. It is a fast-growing problem, particularly with workers becoming increasingly concerned about their futures in the economic downturn, and costs Britain m
Seven survive concrete collapse
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Personal Injury Law
Seven construction workers were lucky to survive when more than 250 tonnes of wet concrete collapsed at Liverpool John Moores University, a court has been told. Two companies have been fined a total of £100,000 over the incident, which occurred durin
Research finds GP fit notes not effective
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
A recent website poll by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has found that 90% of employers do not believe the GP fit note is effective. Following Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of Britain’s working age population in 200
Employment law legislation changes in April
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The last 6 months has been a busy and interesting time in the world of employment law . While the government’s ongoing review continues to identify those areas where it is felt change is necessary, this week sees the first round of new measures comin
       
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