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School skirt ban is just the latest battle in the uniform wars | Education | The Guardian

In response to soaring hemlines some headteachers are now forcing girls to wear trousers. But have dress codes ever really improved education and discipline?

A tale of two cuts (Guru)

Image: Rex Features Two stories arrested Guru’s attention on this gloomy morning. Firstly, a council has issued dismissal letters to all its employees, with the caveat that they will be immediately rehired on accepting a 5.4% pay cut and...

Too hot to handle? | Employment law in a mad world

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Benchmarking the types, causes & consequences of workplace conflict (XpertHR - Employment

XpertHR Employment Intelligence « Workplace conflict levels are on the rise in 2011 | Main | Unemployment rate falls, but remains 'unacceptably' high » Benchmarking the types, causes & consequences of workplace conflict XpertHRWorkplaceConflict3Types.JPG By far the most common types of workplace

Law Firm Accused of Requiring Heels, Then Discriminating When Injury Occurred - News - ABA Journal

A law firm in Detroit created a hostile work environment for secretaries and discriminated against an executive assistant who initially injured her back while wearing required high heels, according to a lawsuit and the lawyer for the plaintiff. Denise Fitzhenry claims in a suit filed last week that

Perfect Labor Storm 2.0: Tattoos and Piercings Still Get Under Manager's Skin

Today's hiring managers tend to be from a generation when tattoos were limited to Marines, bikers, and gypsies. But that still doesn’t stop candidates from getting under the skin of hiring managers with almost any display of tattoos and piercings.

Crying at Work | The Word on Employment Law with John Phillips

A recent Dear Prudence column in Slate Magazine made me think about this subject. The question presented to Prudie involves a specific situation at work,

Political Correctness Gone Mad! at in Company Training services

<blockquote>Shared by David Shepherd<br>What is it with the EHRC?</blockquote><p></p><br><p></p><p><span>I think I first remember hearing the phrase ‘its political correctness gone mad’ in a spitting image sketch in the 1980s. I can’t remember what the sketch was about – but the Daily Mail was

Requiring male worker to cut hair was not discrimination - Workplace Law Network - Workplace Law

 A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision has confirmed that an employer was entitled to uphold a dress code which imposed different requirements on male and female employees. This case concerned Mr A. Dansie, who was training to be a police constable. The employer’s dress

Dress Code did not discriminate - Steeles Law

Steeles Law (Solicitors) is a leading UK law firm providing specialist corporate law, commercial property law, dispute resolution, litigation, employment law, immigration law and private client legal services with offices in Norwich, London and Diss (Norfolk.)

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