Protecting Academic Freedom: A Major Success Affinity has won a complex grievance against a major university which sought to restrict one of its staff from undertaking a research project based on an unjustifiable objection to an element of the research. For reasons...
Working Time And Rest Breaks: Do You Know Your Rights? A large number of betting shops are open across a long day and many staff work long hours, but the law sets out certain requirements around working time and rest breaks that employers have to stick to. Whilst the...
Whistleblowing Predictably we are now receiving more enquiries about whistleblowing or, in the jargon, making a protected disclosure. Why was this predictable? Because over the last 20 years most businesses have swung from well-intended and supportive personnel...
Armed Robberies In Betting Shops Recently, a man was arrested following a series of armed robberies in Paddy Power shops in the Birmingham area. It was reported that he was in possession of a gun, a knife and ammunition. As members will be painfully aware, robberies...
Cost Cutting At The Expense Of Staff Safety It’s clear that, having moved to longer opening hours, Betfred is now seeking to claw back staff costs through its new working hours and mandatory lone working. But it’s equally obvious that the price of that is likely to be...
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