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Author Archives: wonkypolicywonk
Brexit: Never really over
(With apologies to Katy Perry) I’m losing my self-control Fuck, the Tories got back in But I don’t wanna fall down the rabbit hole Cross my heart, I can’t do it again I tell myself, tell myself, tell myself, “Draw … Continue reading
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Personal Independence Payment – a saga
This post – about my son’s recent reassessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by the DWP – will only be of interest to those applying for PIP or advising those doing so, and is posted in case it is helpful … Continue reading
Posted in Disability
Tagged Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Social Security Appeals
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Single Enforcement Body: Will the Tories boldly go where Labour and the Lib Dems failed to tread?
In July, the Government launched a formal, 12-week consultation on a proposal to establish a new Single Enforcement Body for employment rights. You might even have submitted a response (the consultation closed yesterday). And you probably concluded that it is … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Workers' rights
Tagged Employment rights, Enforcement, Good Work, Single Enforcement Body, Taylor Review
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Brexit: Till we get the healing done
So, as Jim Pickard of the Financial Times noted on Twitter yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn “has worked out what would heal the divided nation, and it’s a [second] referendum on EU membership”. Yep, in his speech to the Labour Party conference in … Continue reading
ET claim numbers: nothing to see, move along
So, the latest set of quarterly employment tribunal statistics – covering the period April to June 2019 (Q1 of 2019/20) – was published by the Ministry of Injustice yesterday, and it is time to play another round of that thrilling … Continue reading
Brexit: Do Johnson, Gove & Cummings have a cunning plan?
Do Johnson, Gove & Cummings have a cunning plan? Honestly mate, I haven’t got a fucking clue. No one has. Maybe not even them. No, it’s a mug’s game making predictions about what may happen between now and Halloween – … Continue reading
Sharp fall in waiting time for next garbage article on ET claims
As if driving around Madrid airport four times trying, and failing, to find the car rental return depot wasn’t enough to dampen my spirits at the end of my family holiday on Monday, my extended hours in the departure lounge … Continue reading
ET claims: the ultimate chart show
A few days ago, on this blog, I noted the “big jump” in the number of articles in the #HR specialist press and elsewhere about the number of employment tribunal claims/cases, all featuring an eye-catching but totally rubbish theory by … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Workers' rights
Tagged Access to justice, Discrimination, Employment tribunals, ET claims, ET fees, Unfair dismissal
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ET claim statistics: No alarms, no surprises
Three months ago, on this blog, I rashly suggested that Employment Tribunal (ET) claim/case numbers may at last have settled at a new, post-ET fees ‘normal’. And the latest set of quarterly statistics, published by the Ministry of Injustice this morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Workers' rights
Tagged disability discrimination, ET claims, ET fees, Pregnancy discrimination
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Brexit: a progress report to the EU27
Back in April, when the EU27 agreed to grant the UK another six and a bit months to decide what Brexit means, they wisely thought it prudent to use their regular Council meeting on 20-21 June to take a rain-check … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit
Tagged Article 50 extension, Brexit, EU Council, People's Vote, Second referendum
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