A barrister's findings that inadequate staff training at Travelodge contributed to the sexual assault of a guest is a warning to employers that they cannot take a half-hearted or "tick-box" approach to employee and customer safety, experts say.
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KC's Travelodge Probe Highlights Subpar Staff Training Risk

By Adele Redmond

A barrister's findings that inadequate staff training at Travelodge contributed to the sexual assault of a guest is a warning to employers that they cannot take a half-hearted or "tick-box" approach to employee and customer safety, experts say.

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Ex-Sainsbury's Staff Lose Payout Bid Over Lloyds Transfer

By Max Austin

Almost 80 former Sainsbury's pharmacists have lost their bid for a higher redundancy payout from LloydsPharmacy after a tribunal ruled that Lloyds was not obliged to pay more than the statutory rate when it let them go in 2023.

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Ex-HSBC Banker Banned For Dodging £6K In Train Fares

By Tom Fish

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned a former HSBC banker from working in regulated financial services in the U.K. after he was convicted of fraud for repeatedly evading train fares.

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LITIGATION

Capita Faces Fresh Probe Into Civil Service Pension Plan

By Joel Poultney

Capita PLC said Friday that it will "engage fully" with the National Audit Office after the parliamentary body launched an investigation into the outsourcing giant's administration of the Civil Service Pension Plan, which has come under fire.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Poppy Grainger

The past week in London has seen former West Ham United co-chair David Sullivan file a defamation claim against the BBC, British rock band Oasis sue its former sound engineer to halt an auction of recordings, and Home REIT sued by its shareholders for misleading statements about the company's portfolio.

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DEALS

Brief

Wrigleys Guides £1.7M Software Co. Pension Deal

By Joel Poultney

Aviva has taken on £1.7 million ($2.2 million) in retirement saving liabilities from a pension plan sponsored by automated business software company Cognitronics in a deal steered by Wrigleys Solicitors, advisers on the transaction have said.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American International Group Inc.

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British Broadcasting Corp.

Capita Group

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ENI SpA

HSBC Holdings PLC

Haleon PLC

Investments Ltd.

Kingspan Group PLC

Laing O'Rourke

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Litasco SA

Lloyd's America Inc.

Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

MasterCard Inc.

McDonald's Corp.

OAO Lukoil

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Visa Europe

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