A group of senior MPs called on Thursday for employers to respond within two weeks to requests from disabled workers for reasonable adjustments, warning that delays and inaccessible workplaces are driving many out of jobs. 
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MPs Call For Faster Replies On Disabled Work Adjustments

By Max Austin

A group of senior MPs called on Thursday for employers to respond within two weeks to requests from disabled workers for reasonable adjustments, warning that delays and inaccessible workplaces are driving many out of jobs. 

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Employees Can Keep EU Protections For Pre-Brexit Claims

By Hanna Vioque

A European court has ruled that employees claiming to have suffered discrimination at work before Brexit can still expect EU law to apply to their case if it began before the U.K. left the European Union. 

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Ex-Director Loses Bid For $1.3M Bonus Over Backdated Deal

By Hanna Vioque

A London court rejected a former director's bid to claim a $1.3 million bonus from her old company, agreeing with an arbitrator that the director and the former CEO had fraudulently backdated an agreement by five years. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

UK Pensions Regulator Sets Out Rules On AI Use

By Martin Croucher

The retirement savings watchdog pushed out rules for pension bosses on the use of artificial intelligence on Wednesday after it emerged that almost all retirement schemes in the U.K. are using the new technology.

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Triple Lock Reform Could Save £19B A Year, Think Tank Says

By Tom Fish

Britain's triple lock state pension is ripe for reform, a U.K. think tank has said, arguing the policy is becoming unaffordable and unfair to younger taxpayers, and instead proposing more targeted support for poorer retirees.

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Pension Sector Slow To Invest In UK Firms, VC Body Warns

By Martin Croucher

Most venture capital firms say they have faced difficulties getting backing from pension investors, despite assurances that the £250 billion ($335 billion) defined contribution sector will invest more in U.K. equities, a trade body has said.

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