Employment Law Archives | CP Law https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/category/employment-law/ Clear & practical legal advice Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:16:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 AI and the Legal Profession https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/ai-and-the-legal-profession/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:16:15 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=5697 We all use it in some form whether it be Siri on iPhone, Gemini on Google, Microsoft CoPilot or ChatGPT, but what is it? Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology that enable computers and machines to perform tasks that we typically associate with human minds which include learning, reasoning, and problem-solving. AI systems work by analysing […]

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]]> What Is The SQE? https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/what-is-the-sqe/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:51:39 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=5633 What is the SQE?The SQE is the Solicitor Qualifying Exam which is the new route to becoming a solicitor rather than the LPC which is the Legal Practice Course. The LPC is currently being phased out with the academic year of 2025/26 being the last year group able to complete the LPC. The deadline for […]

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]]> What The New Employment Rights Bill Means For You https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/what-the-new-employment-rights-bill-means-for-you/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:14:26 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=5624 What will this mean for both employers and employees?Between 2010 and 2024 there was relatively little new employment legislation, with most key laws, such as the Employment Rights Act 1996, dating from the 1990s. More recently, there have been many private members’ bills introduced on various aspects of employment law. Many of these, on topics […]

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]]> Discrimination in the workplace https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/discrimination-in-the-workplace/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:27:42 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=5102 The law protects you against discrimination at work, including: There are various types of discrimination and it is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of:- The above are known as “protected characteristics” and you are legally protected from discrimination by the Equality Act 2010.

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]]> Long COVID – Is it a disability? https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/long-covid-is-it-a-disability/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:36:32 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=5098 A disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment that has a long-term and substantial adverse effect on a person’s ability to do normal day-to-day activities. What is long term?The physical or mental impairment will affect the person or is likely to affect them for at least a year and/or it’s likely to last […]

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]]> What is Unfair Dismissal? https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/what-is-unfair-dismissal/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:30:06 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=1186 What is Unfair Dismissal? Unfair Dismissal is the legal term used when an employee is dismissed by their employer and this dismissal may be unfair. An employee might be dismissed unfairly if they were:- If you feel you have been dismissed unfairly you can challenge the dismissal using the employer’s appeal process and the employer […]

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]]> What Is Wrongful Dismissal? https://www.pro-ea.com/insights/what-is-wrongful-dismissal/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:01:00 +0000 https://www.pro-ea.com/?p=1205 A ‘wrongful dismissal’ is when an employer breaches an employee’s contract. The most common breaches are relating to notice and pay and examples include:- If an employee wants to make a claim for wrongful dismissal, it does not matter how long they’ve worked for their employer. For further information please call the Dispute Resolution Department […]

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