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Serge Aurier, a national of the Ivory Coast, was initially granted a UK visa but this was revoked following his assault conviction in September. Two months ago, the PSG defender had been sentenced to two months’ imprisonment following an altercation outside a Paris nightclub.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), in Grange v Abellio London, has ruled that an employee does not have to actually request a rest break before making a claim that they have been refused rest breaks.

In R. (on the application of Interim Executive Board of X) v OFSTED the High Court was asked to decide whether a school that segregated pupils by gender was guilty of sex discrimination under the Equality Act.

Due to enter the second reading stage in Parliament later this week, the “Parental Bereavement Leave (Statutory Entitlement) Bill 2016 – 17” is seeking to introduce a statutory entitlement to 2 weeks’ paid leave for any employee who suffers the loss of a child.

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route is for non-European migrants who want to invest in the UK by setting up or taking over and being actively involved in the running of a business or businesses here. The UK is one of the most open economies in the world and applicants can generally invest in most types of businesses but there are some exceptions.

The importance of enhanced collaborative working with suppliers is that it may provide a more trustworthy system of engagement, to include the workforce of the suppliers. The challenge is how to make sure that a supplier is actually doing what they say, and one way to improve control is to have a method of workforce engagement that in fact encourages workers of the supplier to engage with the MNE itself as part of a forum concept.

In Dahou v Serco Ltd, Mr Dahou alleged that he had not been dismissed for the gross misconduct alleged but due to his trade union activities.

New figures published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) show that the number of claims challenging unfair dismissals and discrimination at work has fallen by 9,000 a month and blames this reduction on the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013.

Yesterday, the UK government announced changes to the immigration rules which will affect Tier 2 visa applications made on or after 24 November 2016.

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has upheld the decision that a bakery which refused to fulfil an order for a cake with a slogan supporting gay marriage amounted to sexual orientation discrimination.