Contractors set to make their workforce redundant will have to fill in a new P45 form when they wield the axe.
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Alex Warrender of Brewer Consulting discusses Company Voluntary Arrangements and adjudication.
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The 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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The Government has pledged action to stop blacklisting
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Union leaders are demanding the Olympic 2012 site is purged of all blacklists held on construction workers.
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Disgruntled 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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Electrician Phil Willis, 59, on how he has suffered from blacklisting for over two decades.
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A 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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Sir 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 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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Blacklisting 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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Forty 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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More than 40 construction firms are reported to have been buying confidential data on workers for the past 15 years.
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What 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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Whether 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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Two self-employed joiners had their claim for holiday pay turned down by a tribunal last week.
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A 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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The staying of legal proceedings when the parties have agreed to mediate.
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The investigation by the SFO into corruption involving Ulster contractors and the MoD during the 'troubles' is almost complete.
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Settling on a response to extension of time claims before the event.
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