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Flexible workers to be compensated for late shift cancellations

Millions of flexible workers are to be given extra protection as part of the government’s Good Work Plan initiative.

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Landlord was entitled to give tenant only two months’ notice

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a landlord was within his rights to end a tenancy agreement without giving his tenant the six-month notice period required under the Housing Act 1988.

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Standard Life Assurance fined £30m for phone sales failings

Standard Life Assurance Limited has been fined £30million for failing to give its customers all the required information when selling annuities.

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Loophole in late payment law renders it ‘not fit for purpose’

A loophole that enables large companies to avoid revealing how long it takes them to pay their suppliers has made the law not fit for purpose, according to the employers’ group, the Forum of Private Business (FPB).

Recruitment firm prevents former employee joining rival

A recruitment company has successfully appealed against a decision to allow one of its former employees to join a competitor as a shareholder.

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Insurers can access phone recordings in customer poaching case

An insurance company has been granted a disclosure order allowing it to access recordings of phone calls made to two other firms in an alleged customer poaching case.

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