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10 Apr 2017

The new legal and economic challenges facing the government as the UK negotiates a Brexit deal

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By Boni Sones, Parliamentary Radio, CBR, University of Cambridge In this Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge 40 minute audio documentary podcast on the Post-Brexit Options for the UK: Combining Legal and Economic Analysis we summarise the key points … Continued

12 Feb 2013

Shares for workers’ rights: why entrepreneurial firms need employment law too

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by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research Under the government’s current proposals for employment law reform, employees will be able to give up rights concerning unfair dismissal, redundancy pay, flexible working and time off for … Continued

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