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What are the main tenets of the European Convention on Human Rights?

What is the Human Rights Act 1998?

What are the implications for employers of art.8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence)?


What are the implications of art.9 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion?

Article 9 of the Convention reads: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance." Therefore, unjustified discrimination on grounds of religion or belief could be contrary to art.9.

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What are the implications of art.10 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right to freedom of expression?

What are the implications of art.11 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right to freedom of assembly and association?

What are the implications of art.14 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the prohibition of discrimination?

Can an employer prevent employees from political campaigning at the workplace in support of a particular political party?

How should an employer deal with a complaint from an employee that a colleague is expressing political views that he or she finds offensive?

Is an employer under an obligation to seek employees' permission before placing their photographs on its intranet?

Where an employer has reason to believe that an employee absent on sick leave is working elsewhere can it arrange for covert surveillance?

What are the anti-slavery provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009?

What kind of workers is the anti-slavery legislation intended to protect?

Does the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 introduce new duties for employers that hire seasonal labour or migrant workers?

What is forced or compulsory labour?

What is servitude?

What kind of work is specifically excluded from amounting to forced labour?

Is there any right to legal representation at a disciplinary hearing?

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