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Thousands in UK may have missed out on work rights redress, study finds

A four-year policy of charging workers up to £1,200 to take law-breaking bosses to court was based on misleading data, a study has found, meaning thousands of people may have wrongly missed out on redress for breaches of employment rights. The introduction of employment tribunal fees in 2013 coincided with rising use of zero-hours contracts …

Recruiters more prone to nepotism during pandemic, UK survey finds

Companies have been recruiting graduates from a smaller pool of personal connections during the pandemic, shutting out young people from less privileged backgrounds, a survey shows. More than half (57%) of recruiters said they had become more reliant on personal networks and word-of-mouth recommendations, while more than a quarter (28%) said they were more likely …

My six-year battle to get a housing association to restore my garden

I bought a share of a newly built shared-ownership property six years ago. It has a small hedged garden demised to it. This was left in a sorry condition by the builders and the housing association/developer, Notting Hill Home Ownership (NHHO), eventually agreed to cover reasonable costs for it to be restored if I obtained …