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In my previous blog I talked about what you should do if an Employment Tribunal Claim (ET1) lands on your desk. With the rise in Employment Tribunal claims, this is an eventuality that many businesses will face at some point. In this... Read more
The number of Employment Tribunal claims has risen by 150% since the abolition of Tribunal fees in July 2017. Although there have been some hints that the Government is contemplating re-introducing ET fees, this won’t be happening any time soon. ... Read more
At our upcoming Employment Law Update Event on 2 April, our ‘in-depth’ topic for our afternoon workshop will be Mental Health in the Workplace: legal and practical strategies, in conjunction with Debbie Kleiner, Head of Workplace Happiness at PES. This is an important topic for... Read more
In my previous blog on menopause in the workplace , I mentioned that I’d never been asked to advise anyone on the subject. So is there any law that might be relevant, you may ask. Yes indeed! Legal framework On the basis that menopause is a medical... Read more
Recently I was invited to be a panel member for a World Menopause Day event, hosted by Women of a Certain Stage , looking at how women undergoing the menopause are treated in the workplace. My role was to speak about the employment law elements... Read more
Following on from my recent blog , I thought I would look at another aspect of disability discrimination law that makes it unique within the word of discrimination/equality law: the issue of whether the employer (or potential employer in a recruitment... Read more
Almost every week I find myself advising employers on all sorts of aspects of discrimination law. Common scenarios include an employee, very early in their probation period, taking substantial leave from work with possible mental health issue. Another is ‘what... Read more
Rather like my recent blog on constructive dismissal , it is always helpful when their judgy-nesses have another look at your bread-and-butter employment law topics – in this case, ‘what type of conduct justifies a fair dismissal’? Two cases recently published have looked at... Read more
Constructive dismissal is a bit like the metaphorical bar of slippery soap. We all think we know what it looks like, but sometimes its concepts can be harder to grasp. From an HR perspective it is fairly easy to spot... Read more
Being a total law nerd, I like nothing more than sitting down with a cup of tea, a Hobnob (other biscuits are acceptable) and a ‘fresh off the press’ Court of Appeal decision. I enjoy nodding sagely when their Lord and... Read more
If a fairy dies every time an employee is given a fake reason for their dismissal, then there can’t be many fairies left out there. Well, not in my experience of over 20 years advising on employment law issues. Hand... Read more
The changes to data protection law (the General Data Protection Regulations, to give it its posh name) are coming at us in just over 4 months’ time on 25 May 2018. With this in mind I have put together a... Read more
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