New P45 form reminder to contractors
Posted: 16 March 2009Contractors set to make their workforce redundant will have to fill in a new P45 form when they wield the axe.
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Case law analysis – Mead General Building Ltd -v- Dartmoor Properties Ltd
Posted: 16 March 2009Alex Warrender of Brewer Consulting discusses Company Voluntary Arrangements and adjudication.
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GMB threatens national strike over underpaid Grain workers
Posted: 13 March 2009The GMB union is threatening a national strike after finding a Polish subcontractor on the Isle of Grain is paying £4 an hour below the nationally agreed rate.
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Blacklists 'will be outlawed'
Posted: 12 March 2009The Government has pledged action to stop blacklisting
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Construction unions demand Olympic blacklist ban
Posted: 11 March 2009Union leaders are demanding the Olympic 2012 site is purged of all blacklists held on construction workers.
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The blacklist: what it means for contractors alleged to be involved
Posted: 11 March 2009Disgruntled construction workers who suffered a financial loss by being named on the construction 'blacklist' look set to be able to sue the contractors who bought information about them.
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A construction worker's story of being blacklisted
Posted: 11 March 2009Electrician Phil Willis, 59, on how he has suffered from blacklisting for over two decades.
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Rights and remedies: PT Building Services v ROK Build
Posted: 10 March 2009A party to a legal dispute must decide on a course of action to take which will best protect its interests. By Gary Peters of Brewer Consulting.
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McAlpine accused of 'paying £26,000' to blacklist firm
Posted: 09 March 2009Sir Robert McAlpine allegedly paid more than £2,000 a month to a private detective who supplied personal details about thousands of workers.
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Comments made by contractors about blacklisted workers
Posted: 06 March 2009Comments made by contractors who bought confidential data on workers from third party company The Consulting Association have been published by the Information Commissioners' Office.
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Analysis: construction's long history of blacklisting
Posted: 06 March 2009Blacklisting has been rife in the construction industry since the early 1970s when a national builders’ strike organised by Ucatt brought sites to a standstill.
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List of 40 construction firms accused of buying private data revealed
Posted: 06 March 2009Forty construction firms are reported to have been buying confidential data on workers from a body called TCA in secret for the past 15 years.
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Over 40 construction companies accused of blacklisting workers
Posted: 06 March 2009More than 40 construction firms are reported to have been buying confidential data on workers for the past 15 years.
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Legal feature – what level of detail should be included in a construction programme
Posted: 03 March 2009What level of detail should be included in a construction programme such that it remains an important project management tool. By David Goodman, managing director of Brewer Consulting
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Final accounts in adjudication: OSC Building Services Limited -v- Interior Dimensions Contracts Limited (2009)
Posted: 25 February 2009Whether an adjudicator can determine the value of an interim payment when the notice of adjudication refers to a dispute about the final account. Rob Palles-Clark, Brewer Consulting..
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Self-employed joiners' holiday pay claim turned down
Posted: 25 February 2009Two self-employed joiners had their claim for holiday pay turned down by a tribunal last week.
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Kier fraud case report delayed until March
Posted: 18 February 2009A report into alleged fraud on Kier’s £125m housing maintenance project for Harrow Council is not expected until early March, according to an industry source.
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Mediation in disputes: Balfour Beatty -v- Modus Corovest
Posted: 17 February 2009The staying of legal proceedings when the parties have agreed to mediate.
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SFO probe into Ulster construction corruption 'almost complete'
Posted: 17 February 2009The investigation by the SFO into corruption involving Ulster contractors and the MoD during the 'troubles' is almost complete.
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Extension of time claims before the event
Posted: 11 February 2009Settling on a response to extension of time claims before the event.
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