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Published: 04.12.07 : An Age Old Problem?
The story of Mr Eliadis a 67 year old delivery driver employed by Parcelforce hit the local BBC news because his employer told him to retire and he wants to continue working for another twelve months... Read more »

Published: 27.11.07 : Burden of Proof in Discrimination Claims
The number of discrimination claims is on the increase. Apart from new age discrimination rights, the reasons for the upward trend in claims are numerous but greater awareness of rights and the publi... Read more »

Published: 20.11.07 : Is age just a number?
Imagine you are a 55 year old man who has held a senior position as head of a division for over ten years. You are aware that the company is considering restructuring. You believe that you could be a... Read more »

Published: 13.11.07 : Drinking At Work
A man worked for a council in London for a number of years.  In January 2006, he was caught drinking at work. His manager investigated the incident and the employee said that he thought he might... Read more »

Published: 01.11.07 : Real Drag!
The health risks of smoking are well documented but what about the employment risks? The smoking ban in public places is in force but what about the employee who smokes at work? Can he be fairly d... Read more »

Published: 22.10.07 : Be aware of maternity rights
As many of you will know, the law prohibiting sex discrimination has been around for over thirty years. Probably the clearest area of sex discrimination involves pregnancy, for the blindingly obvious... Read more »

Published: 17.10.07 : Take Your Dress Code Seriously
What’s the difference between dreadlocks and matted hair? You might be forgiven for wondering whether I’ve had a career change into hairdressing, but in fact this was a question the Emplo... Read more »

Published: 10.10.07 : Discrimination Protection For All
One of the most high profile employment tribunal claims in sport ended last week in London, when international cricket umpire Darrell Hair withdrew his claim of race discrimination against the Intern... Read more »

Published: 03.10.07 : Employment Tribunals
Last year Employment Tribunals accepted 132,577 applications; an increase of over 40,000 from 2 years ago. These applications contained a total of 238,546 separate claims of which 44,491 were f... Read more »

Published: 11.09.07 : Vicar Accused of Bullying Forced To Go To The Tribunal
  Day after day Employment Tribunals in the UK deal with tales of woe similar to divorce – a breakdown in relations between an employer and employee are seldom easy and are often accompa... Read more »

Published: 11.09.07 : Employers Look At Facebook Too
Last week I mentioned the press coverage of the TUC’s report about employees’ use of social networking internet sites at work. This week I will look in more detail at social networking si... Read more »

Published: 20.08.07 : No Smoke – Without Firing Employees
Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards made the headlines recently for repeatedly flouting England’s new law banning smoking in public places. Despite the fact that 20,000 fans saw them ... Read more »

Published: 17.08.07 : Flexible Working
The concept of flexible working has become rather trendy these days. It is seen by most commentators as a really good thing. There is no doubt that employers who do not have a rigid approach to where... Read more »

Published: 07.08.07 : Careless Words Cost Money
Some senior managers never learn the lesson that “careless words cost money”. Let’s look at yet another example of this principle in operation. A female manager was emplo... Read more »

Published: 06.08.07 : Sex Discrimination?
Relationships are hard enough at the best times, but add an employment perspective and things can become pretty messy. A man employed a woman and they later began a consensual sexual relationship. In... Read more »

Published: 30.07.07 : Thinking Of Sacking Someone Pregnant?
The issue of discrimination against pregnant workers has been around for some time but some employers still get it wrong. A chef, fired by rock star Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, was recently awa... Read more »

Published: 30.07.07 : Employment Law - What Constitutes a Disability?
The legal definition of what amounts to a disability can sometimes be a long way removed from what most of us think it means. Let’s look at a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision. A ... Read more »

Published: 25.07.07 : Warning: Surfing At Work Can Damage Your Job
The vast majority of people who work in an office either sit in front of a computer or have easy access to one. 97% of companies use the internet and a growing number of employees also use the interne... Read more »

Published: 17.07.07 : Foreign Labour
A Nigerian student works as a night manager in a hotel six nights a week. Each shift is 12 hours long and he is paid £130 a week. You don’t need to be a mathematician to work out that this... Read more »

Published: 11.07.07 : Muggle Laws
With the final Harry Potter book due for release this month, the normal hype surrounding the tales of the boy wizard is already permeating the press. However recent headlines about JK Rowling’s... Read more »

 

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