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A “reprehensible” plan by Tesco to fire and rehire hundreds of workers in a bid to cut their salaries has been halted by a landmark legal ruling. The supermarket was planning to terminate and reissue the contracts of up to 250 employees at its Livingston depot in a move that could have seen the workers lose between £4000 and £19,000 a year. However, the Court of Session has issued an eleventh hour reprieve for the staff following a legal challenge by trade union Usdaw. An interim interdict has been issued preventing Tesco from using the controversial tactic, however the supermar...

But she will have to work with council officers to make it more visually acceptable. When Richard Curtis, who owned Costow Farm with his wife Sue, died last year he was close to the completion of a new house on his land off Wharf Road, south of the M4, It then emerged the house did not have planning permission. Mrs Curtis applied to have that consent retrospectively applied to the five-bedroom house and despite officers suggesting to Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee they should refuse it, the members voted narrowly to grant consent But they were not swayed by the possi...

Taxpayer-funded payouts caused by firms failing to follow redundancy rules are set to skyrocket as a result of the coronavirus crisis, lawyers have warned, prompting calls for more action to deter unscrupulous bosses.  The UK Government already pays out tens of millions of pounds in protective awards each year, and employment experts claim the end of the furlough scheme will see the figure rise exponentially. The awards – the equivalent of up to 90 days’ pay - are paid out to employees when businesses fail to follow collective consultation procedures. And when the redundancies are ...

tri-stri. >> gregg: back to the drawing board on the bush era tax cuts, u.s. senate defeating two democratic plans that would have extended tax cuts only for some americans. molly henneberg is live in washington and been following the story. explain why democrats were unable to get the votes to pass either of these two measures. >> molly: they didn't peel off any republican votes and lost five members so democrats couldn't reach the 60 vote threshold. on the vote to extend the tax cuts for families making $250,000 left. russ fine gold and ben nelson of nebraska and jim web and joe li...

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