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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the business case for ethnic diversity in the British National Health Service (NHS). It seeks to contextualise issues around diversity within the current political environment, and identify the barriers to diversity in the NHS. The business...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the extent to which public house licensees conform with employment legislation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines legislation within the hospitality industry. Five aspects of the legislation were selected and a case study approach was...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on an analysis of court judgments on sexual harassment over the last ten years. Design/methodology/approach – This research has anaylsed a sample of 399 sexual harassment cases. Findings – The analysis provides information on factors that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expose practical and theoretical problems with the range of reasonable responses (RORR) test as applied in UK unfair dismissal law, and to propose an alternative interpretation of the test that would resolve these problems. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the concept of vicarious liability has developed in recent years. Design/methodology/approach – This work analyses case law decisions pertaining to vicarious liability. Findings – The paper examines how court decisions have acted to...