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NEW DISMISSAL RULES – REST IN PEACE DDP

  • May 1, 2009
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If you are an employer or an employee in the UK who has had to deal with a dispute at work in the last few years, you'll be pleased to know that the statutory disciplinary and dismissal procedure has been replaced. The DDP was introduced to standardise the way in which disputes were handled, and, laughably, to protect employee rights. What it managed to achieve was a formalisation of issues between staff and bosses that turned many conversations into an adversarial process whose only result was to lower morale and put staff in fear of their jobs.

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EVENTS – MAY 2009

  • May 1, 2009
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Cambridge Academy of Transport in association with Quantum Shipping Services has structured a series of 1-day seminars in London. The first two in the series are: “Dry Bulk & Container Sectors” on 28th April and “Problem Shipping Loans” on 29th April. THE London Shipping Law Centre's next event is on “Unsafe Port and Berth Obligations”, chaired by The Hon Mr Justice Teare.

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CLYDE & CO LINKS WITH SAUDI FIRM

  • May 1, 2009
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Clyde & Co has extended its Middle Eastern presence via an affiliation with the Law Office of Abdulaziz A. Al-Bosaily in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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IS IT FLIER OR FLYER?

  • May 1, 2009
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HANDS up if this is one of those things that you're never quite sure about?

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EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE – MAY 2009

  • May 1, 2009
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TEMP WORKERS VAT STATUTORY HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE UK-BASED SEAFARERS SERVING ON FOREIGN FLAGGED VESSELS

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THE SHIPPING RECRUITMENT MARKET IN 2009

  • May 1, 2009
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PROBABLY the question we're asked most is: “What's the market like at the moment?” Of course, there are several answers to this question. The two answers that can be given across the board are: First, that in the majority of companies, hiring decisions are being made at more senior levels and they are naturally being much more cautious than they were a year ago. Secondly, people with jobs are aware that they are the lucky ones, which is producing a “loyalty factor” we haven't seen for some time

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MARKET COMMENTARY – MAR/APR/MAY 2009

  • Mar 1, 2009
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A BELATED happy Greek Easter to all our readers there. As spring advances in the northern hemisphere, recession, piracy and French port blockades blot the horizon

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UK TO WELCOME FOREIGN SEAFARERS?

  • Feb 1, 2009
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BACK in September 2008 the British Government's newly-formed “Migration Advisory Committee” issued its first report recommending inclusion of “ship and hovercraft officers” on its shortage occupation lists for the United Kingdom and Scotland…

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