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The government has reiterated its commitment to helping more people own their home. Alok Sharma, Housing and Planning Minister, said: “As set out in our Housing White Paper, we’re committed to helping those aspiring home buyers currently locked out of the market to turn their home ownership dreams into reality.” The confirmation came as the
Thousands of women have won an equal pay claim estimated to be worth a total of £50m in a dispute dating back over several years. The 6,000 women all worked for Glasgow City Council in a variety of low-paid roles including carers, caterers and cleaners. The issue arose following several successful pay claims against the
A wife has been told that the assets of a trust she set up with her husband cannot be included in their divorce settlement. The case involved a couple who had established a charitable trust to conserve South China’s tiger population. It held land for conservation purposes. The trust was fully discretionary and held considerable
A Lease is usually a written agreement between a Landlord (usually the owner of the building) and the Tenant (the occupier of either the whole or part of the building). It is important to have a written agreement to regulate the relationship between the Landlord and the Tenant, particularly to avoid any ambiguity arising between
A father has won his discrimination claim against his employer after being denied his full paternity rights. Call centre worker Madasar Ali wanted to take the leave to care for his baby daughter because his wife was suffering from post-natal depression. His employer, Capita, said he would only be granted two weeks on full pay
The EU’s leading lawyer has stated that workers are entitled to claim unpaid holiday entitlement even after they have left their employment. Advocate General Tanchev said: “In circumstances where an employer has not provided a worker with paid leave, the right to paid leave carries over until he has the opportunity to exercise it and
The retail giant Argos has failed to get a court order restraining the Unite union from calling strike action in a dispute over staff relocation. The issue arose after Argos announced that there would be a TUPE transfer of one of its distribution centres to another company. The employees affected had a clause in their
Overtime worked by ambulance staff during an emergency or when they can’t avoid it the end of a shift should be included in their holiday pay calculation. However, voluntary overtime agreed in advance doesn’t have to be included. That was the decision of the Employment Tribunal in case involving East of England Ambulance Trust. Staff
A slaughterhouse worker with 40 years’ experience who was sacked for a “21-second oversight” has won his claim of unfair dismissal. Brian Christie had worked for the meat processing company McIntosh Donald for 42 years and reached the position of supervisor. He was dismissed following an incident that occurred while an audit of the company
A judge was not at fault when he exercised his discretion to award a woman a £4.25m divorce settlement based on her “needs”. That was decision of the Court of Appeal in a case involving a couple who had been married for two years but had a relationship stretching over nine years. The husband was