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27/09/2006 : Paternity Leave Explained
I had not intended to write about paternity leave this week until I read a report from the Citizens Advice Bureau, the national charity that provides free legal advice, showing that many fathers are being refused paternity leave because they fail to… »

27/09/2006 : To Tell or Not to Tell
What happens when an employee knows that a colleague is ripping their employer off or otherwise deliberately damaging the Company they both work for? The employee in the know has a bit of a moral dilemma. Does he tell the employer or not? If he… »

27/09/2006 : Coping at Work
What do you do when you cannot cope at work? Our working lives are like a long road without many rest stops, or at least that’s how it can seem at times. There is a relentless pressure on most employees to perform at a consistently high level which… »

27/09/2006 : Turning a Blind Eye
Everyone does something stupid sometimes, often unintentionally.  However, when this happens in a work context, the outcome can be quite serious in all sorts of ways.  Let’s look at an example. Alan and Colin work in a warehouse, it’s… »

27/09/2006 : Jumping too Early
We live in an age of continual and rapid change. This affects all of us in all sorts of ways. Whether you think this is good or bad, it’s a fact of life that is best dealt with by positive thinking. In employment jobs are constantly changing,… »

27/09/2006 : Paid on Time?
The recent case of Elizabeth Claire Care Management v Francis is a salutary lesson for employers who are a bit slapdash when it comes to when they pay their staff. Ms Francis worked in a care home and her salary was payable on the first day of… »

27/09/2006 : More About Race
Last week I wrote about race discrimination.  It goes without saying that the Race Relations Act protects everyone not just people from ethnic minorities.  However, I do sometimes wonder whether there is enough common sense in the writing and… »

27/09/2006 : Race Discrimination
Race relations have always been a complicated subject, however, in the current climate it’s fraught with difficulty.  The Race Relations Act 1976 is an important piece of employment legislation, which is why I want to revisit it today.… »

27/09/2006 : Work and Families
You may have heard recently that the Government’s Work and Families Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 18 October.  It is yet another piece of radical employee-friendly legislation that will delight the unions and horrify many… »

27/09/2006 : Sex Discrimination Part 1
The second ‘big’ employment law issue that I will cover in this series of articles is sex discrimination. This generally gets splashed across national newspaper headlines when a victim gets an award that looks more like a lottery win than… »

27/09/2006 : Sex Discrimination Part 2
The rights I am going to cover today are very sex specific, but they do affect all employees, whether male or female, directly or indirectly. It is the question of having babies – known in employment law as maternity rights.  I do not plan… »

27/09/2006 : How to avoid job loss - Part 1
Unfair dismissal laws have become increasingly complicated in recent years. They are now a minefield in which both employees and employers must tread carefully. In a short series of articles we will look at how employees should act to minimise… »

27/09/2006 : How to avoid job loss - Part 2
Good health is more important than money. Those of us who enjoy good health, take it for granted. Those of us who do not, would give almost anything to have it. In the workplace ill health and absenteeism is a really big issue, but the statistics… »

27/09/2006 : How to avoid job loss - Part 3
The concept of a job for life disappeared years ago. In fact, very few have real job security. Multi nationals will move work around the world to achieve the lowest production costs possible and companies will readily outsource parts of their businesses… »

27/09/2006 : How to avoid job loss - Part 4
How can an employee who has done something seriously wrong at work avoid being sacked. The short answer is of course that it depends on a number of factors, but there are some basic things an employee should do and some things an employee should… »

27/09/2006 : Constructive advice about constructive dismissal
Some employers think that if they never sack anyone they will avoid Employment Tribunal claims. The way this employer deals with an employee this he is not happy with is to make the employees life at work miserable in the hope of forcing him or her to… »

27/09/2006 : Employing Reservists
Most volunteer Reservists are committed to about 30 days’ training a year. The most significant part of this is a 15 day continuous training period sometimes known as Annual Camp. Employees who are Reservists are not entitled to additional… »

27/09/2006 : Employment Tribunals
The threat of being “taken to the Tribunal” frightens many employers, it should not. The awards of compensation of hundreds of thousands of pounds that make the front pages of local and national newspapers are few and far between, and should… »

27/09/2006 : Human Rights Act
We hear an awful lot of rubbish about human rights. The Government Department for Constitutional Affairs in its frequently asked questions web page, asks “isn’t this just a chancer’s charter?” before answering that it is not.… »

27/09/2006 : Discrimination - disability
Discrimination in employment can be a difficult matter for all sorts of reasons. Some organisations become so politically correct over the whole issue that it is a wonder they ever get anything done. Other organisations have a culture that… »

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