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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… »

27/09/2006 : Discrimination continued
It is unlawful for employers to discriminate against people who are disabled. I explained last week that the definition of when someone is disabled is virtually meaningless to most of us. Under the Disability Discrimination Act someone is disabled… »

27/09/2006 : Racial Harrasment
Following the awful events in London that led to the deaths of many innocent people and the disruption of our capital city, it might be timely to look at our race discrimination laws. All right thinking people need to resist the temptation caused… »

27/09/2006 : Sex Discrimination
Sex discrimination has been unlawful for nearly 30 years. You would think that employers would know how to behave by now but like an old oil field that never runs out, these laws keep pumping fees into lawyers pockets. To be fair the laws are complicated… »

27/09/2006 : Sexual Harassment
“Most men would welcome some, most women don’t want any”, an observation that I heard during a break when running a training course on sexual harassment. Whether it is true or not is for you to decide. What is true is that more… »

27/09/2006 : Sexual Harassment continued
I mentioned last week that sexual harassment is unwanted conduct of a personal nature, or other conduct based on sex, affecting the dignity of women and men at work. I also spelled out that one man’s playful flirting may be unwelcome and… »

27/09/2006 : Statutory Disciplinary Procedure
I talked last week about the increasing importance of procedure in employment law. You may remember that the introduction of the statutory disciplinary procedure in October 2004 added a few more mines for employers to tread on. However, employees… »

27/09/2006 : 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 relatively informal setting without the need to be represented… »

27/09/2006 : 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 offer in your hand. Burning your bridges is rarely a… »

27/09/2006 : 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 incredibly complicated set of rights as clearly as I can.… »

27/09/2006 : 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 for dealing with the subject of parental leave which… »

27/09/2006 : 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 might have been higher were it not for the fact that the… »

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