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Published: 27.09.06 : The Importance of Procedure
In 1971, when the first laws relating to unfair dismissal were introduced the idea was that employees who believed that they had been unfairly dismissed would be able to present a claim in a relativ... Read more »

Published: 27.09.06 : References
My advice to employees who intend to change jobs is that it is generally not in your interest to annoy or aggravate your current employer for no good reason, even when you already have another job o... Read more »

Published: 27.09.06 : Maternity
Maternity rights, a bit like parental leave and pay, generally only interest the young and employers but at the risk of boring those of us beyond child bearing age, I will try and set out an incredi... Read more »

Published: 27.09.06 : Parental Leave and Paternity Pay
If you have not got children and are not an employer, parental leave rights are probably about as exciting as going to the dentist. However, boring though it may seem, I won’t apologise ... Read more »

Published: 27.09.06 : What price injured feelings
I mentioned last week a recent case in which a young woman whose boss made a pass at her, received £1,000 as compensation for her injured feelings. I suggested that Ms Walker’s award mig... Read more »

Published: 27.09.06 : Age Discrimination
Age discrimination unlike virtually everything else is still lawful, but it is not good. Employers should not be allowed to decide whether they employ, train, promote or dismiss a worker simply beca... Read more »

Published: 14.07.06 : Age Again
On 14 July the draft age discrimination regulations were finally published by the government. They have confirmed that the long-awaited age discrimination legislation will come into force on 1 Octob... Read more »

Published: 01.05.06 : Choice and Flexibility
The Government began a consultation process on 8 March relating to its plans to give fathers additional paid paternity leave. Currently the law is that fathers get no more than two weeks&rsquo... Read more »

Published: 27.04.06 : Changing Jobs
Some people seem to change jobs as frequently as they buy a new pair of shoes, but for most of us changing employers can be both exciting and stressful at the same time. The bottom line is tha... Read more »

Published: 01.02.06 : An Employer’s Nightmare
Those of you who have read my recent articles will know that I have talked about the rights of employees to take leave under the ‘family friendly’ provisions. You may also have heard the... Read more »

Published: 27.09.05 : Appraisals
It’s time for your performance appraisal. Words that strike terror in the hearts of most normal employees. Most of us would rather go to the dentist than have to go through an annual appraisal... Read more »

Published: 27.05.05 : Can You Believe It?
Mr M worked as a nurse at a residential care home. On 17 January 2003 he was suspended without pay following allegations that he had abused patients. His employers initially expected that the suspen... Read more »

Published: 27.09.04 : Bumping Redundancies – Fair Or Not?
I struggle with the idea that we can remain the fourth wealthiest country in the world if we continue to allow manufacturing to decline year on year, whilst reducing employers’ competitiveness... Read more »

Published: 27.06.04 : Big Brother is watching you!
The final of this year’s Big Brother is fast approaching. But how far can Big Brother go in the workplace? We all know that employers have information about their employees but what happens to... Read more »

Published: 27.09.03 : Burden of Proof
You might be surprised to learn that a question I frequently get asked by employers is “my employee’s just been arrested – what can I do? Attitudes to this question vary from &ldqu... Read more »

Published: 27.09.00 : Blowing The Whistle – What Does It Mean?
Whistle-blowing is one of those subjects that becomes hot news every now and again, but few employers and even fewer employees know what the law is. Before 1999, if an employee made public the... Read more »

Published: 01.07.08 : Employment
Employment queries often need instant advice and mistakes can be costly. We always aim to keep employers out of the tribunal, but if they get there, our clients’ defence will be in safe hands. ...
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