Employment

Labour and Employment (Mondaq)

20 Nov 2008

An online survey conducted by The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has found that just 10% of workers aged fifty and above claimed never to have faced discrimination due to their age when seeking employment, and that only 13% felt that age discrimination legislation introduced in 2006 had proved effective in helping older people to find work.

Labour and Employment (Mondaq)

20 Nov 2008

The recent case of City & County of Swansea v Honey has highlighted an important, if rare, issue that can affect the proceedings of an Employment Tribunal - that of bias (or potential bias) on the part of a lay member.

Stocks See Initial Weakness On Disappointing Employment Data - U.S. Commentary (Nasdaq)

20 Nov 2008

(RTTNews) - Stocks showed a notable decline at the start of trading on Thursday, with the major averages seeing some further downside after ending the previous session at five-year closing lows. Weak employment data contributed to the initial weakness.