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Weekly Review of Developments 20/11/2020

Posted in : Weekly Review of Developments on 20 November 2020
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A week to get a hair appointment? Not a chance. Most of us will look like Cruella De Vil or Doc Brown from Back to the Future come Christmas. Might as well get that bowl out that mum used to use on us.

This week's top stories:

  • In Case Reviews this week, Jason Elliott BL discusses an interesting challenge by the Independent Workers Union of GB that the UK has failed to provide adequate protection for the health and safety of workers and, in the second case, Jason outlines why the Court of Appeal found that in some circumstances a defence on the basis of cost (along with another factor) could justify potential age discrimination in an pay progression scheme.
  • Missed out on this year's Annual

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