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Published: 26.03.08 : In Sickness And In Health
I often wonder if I should have been a doctor instead of a lawyer. It comes as no surprise to me to hear this week that we are now officially one of the sickest countries in Europe. The latest govern... Read more »

Published: 12.03.08 : Hope I Die Before I Get Old
When you hear the phrase ‘age discrimination’ what do you think of? Is your first thought panic over whether you can force Norman to retire when he’s 65 next month? Or are you regre... Read more »

Published: 06.03.08 : There’s No Disputing it – It’s Time For A Change!
Benjamin Franklin once reportedly said that ‘The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice’.  Many small employers would certainly agree when it comes to the statutory e... Read more »

Published: 04.03.08 : Prisoners And Work Placements
A man is in prison. The prison has a resettlement unit, the purpose of which is to place prisoners with local businesses in order to prepare them for release and possibly secure them an ongoing job. ... Read more »

Published: 28.02.08 : Age Discrimination
Age discrimination became unlawful just over two years ago. By March last year, there had been 972 claims made to employment tribunals and, if our experience is anything to go by, that number will no... Read more »

Published: 21.02.08 : The Dangers Of Being Too Casual With Your Workers
As the beautiful British summer approaches together with the inevitable sight of knotted handkerchiefs and smoke from hastily erected barbeques, many businesses in the region will be looking forward ... Read more »

Published: 14.02.08 : Love Is In The Air Conditioning
Their eyes met across the photocopier. Before long they were spotted sharing their lunch hours together in the staff room. A few months later it became official – our two office lovebirds were ... Read more »

Published: 14.02.08 : Be Warned
For many years the law has been certain in relation to warnings dished out to employees. A verbal or written warning normally has a life of six months and a final written warning a life of twelve mon... Read more »

Published: 05.02.08 : Equal Rights For Carers
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 made it illegal to discriminate against disabled employees, but what about those who care for disabled people? In an Opinion published before the European... Read more »

Published: 05.02.08 : Sick Pay Whilst On Maternity Leave
A woman started work at the Department for Work and Pensions on 18 April 2006. The following month she told them that she was pregnant and that she intended to begin her maternity leave on 1 August 2... Read more »

Published: 28.01.08 : Long Term Absence
There are plenty of flu bugs and other ‘nasties’ floating around the average office these days. Inevitably this leads to sickness and absence from work. Thankfully for most employ... Read more »

Published: 23.01.08 : Time Off For Dependents
For a number of years now, all employees have been entitled to take unpaid “reasonable” time off work in order to deal with unexpected emergencies affecting their dependents. But who is a... Read more »

Published: 22.01.08 : How To Avoid Unfair Dismissals
Put yourself in the position of the following employers. Company One has an employee called Pat. Pat has been with the company for 8 years and is known to be a bit volatile. One day he gets into a fi... Read more »

Published: 21.01.08 : Company Vehicles In The New Year
It’s that time of year again – new year resolutions! But what about resolutions in the workplace? How could you improve practices and procedures? And in particular do you have policies in... Read more »

Published: 21.01.08 : Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Are You Aware Of The Regulations?
There has been a lot of fuss in the papers about a recent employment tribunal in which a straight woman, who worked at a gay nightclub as head of security, won a claim for discrimination on the groun... Read more »

Published: 15.01.08 : Right to Emergency Time off for Dependants
The recent ruling in the Employment Appeals Tribunal case of Cortest –v- O’Toole, has finally given some firm guidance on the circumstances and length of time that people can take as emer... Read more »

Published: 01.01.08 : Confidential Emails can cost at Employment Tribunals
The leaking of confidential internal memos caused headaches for leaders of both the public and private sector in recent weeks. The public sector saw the unauthorised advanced disclosure of a me... Read more »

Published: 19.12.07 : The Equal Pay Act - a tricky situation?
The Equal Pay Act is, as I have said before, quite a difficult piece of legislation to understand. The principle is simple; don’t pay women less than men just because they are women or vice ver... Read more »

Published: 11.12.07 : The Christmas Party
Christmas party time is upon us and, while I hate to be a killjoy or sound too scrooge-like; I would like to offer a bit of cautionary advice to employers and employees alike. It is true that t... Read more »

Published: 04.12.07 : Sale of company, loss of job?
We live in an age in which hardly any companies or organisations are safe from being taken over or sold on. In fact, you could argue that our willingness to buy and sell companies is part of our econ... Read more »

 

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