Employment and HR

• Employment Contracts and the Implication of Terms by Custom and Practice

  • Posted29 December 2021

  Workers wishing to discern the extent of their entitlements need usually do no more than read their employment contracts. As one case showed, the occasions when further rights are to...

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• Would Your Workplace Disciplinary Procedures Withstand ET Scrutiny?

  • Posted17 December 2021

  Workplace disciplinary hearings should always be conducted on the assumption that the fairness of the procedure followed is in future likely to be rigorously tested by an Employment Tribunal (ET)....

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• Maternity Discrimination Victim Receives Substantial Compensation

  • Posted6 December 2021

  Maternity leave should be a period of joy and tranquillity but, all too often, it is marred by discrimination. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) decision showed, however, employers who treat...

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• COVID-19 Lockdowns No Excuse for Sub-Standard Redundancy Processes

  • Posted17 November 2021

  The COVID-19 lockdowns plunged thousands of businesses into dire financial straits but, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed, the unprecedented crisis in no way relieved hard-pressed employers of their...

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• Whistleblowing Nurse’s Dismissal ‘Grossly Unfair’

  • Posted4 November 2021

  There are few things more serious in an employment context than sacking a whistleblower for performing a valuable public service. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) made that point in the...

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• Discrimination and the Burden of Proof – Supreme Court Clarifies the Law

  • Posted14 October 2021

  Ever since a crucial alteration was made to the wording of the Equality Act 2010, the question of where the burden of proof lies in employment discrimination cases has been...

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