Employment and HR

• Can Dismissal Without Any Disciplinary Process Ever Be Fair?

  • Posted28 October 2020

  Can a dismissal ever be fair if formal disciplinary procedures are dispensed with? A tribunal addressed that issue in the case of a senior railway company employee who was sacked...

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• Privacy v Public Justice – Transgender Claimant Wins Anonymity Order

  • Posted12 October 2020

  It is a fundamental feature of any free society that justice must be done in public, but how does that principle sit with the right of individuals not to have...

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• Boss’s Ignorant Response to Employee’s Progressive Condition Proves Costly

  • Posted2 October 2020

  Employers who fail to provide support and understanding to sick workers can expect to pay a high price, both in financial and reputational terms. An Employment Tribunal (ET) made that...

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• Elite Cyclist Jess Varnish ‘Neither a Worker Nor an Employee’, Tribunal Rules

  • Posted22 September 2020

  What is an employee? What is a worker? The answer to those perennially tricky questions has been illuminated by a ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that elite cyclist...

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• Gender Diversity Bias Claim Fails to Convince Court

  • Posted2 September 2020

  Many employers are taking laudable steps to increase diversity in their workforces by recruiting more women. However, as a case involving an unsuccessful candidate for a BBC radio broadcasting position...

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• Selecting Staff for Redundancy? It Pays to Take Professional Advice First

  • Posted13 August 2020

  The process of selecting staff for redundancy is fraught with legal pitfalls and seeking professional advice at the outset can in the long run save you from serious financial and...

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