Blog Written by Hannah Kennedy on 12 February 2021 With reports that a whistleblower has accused Oxfam of failing to act after being informed of
BLOG A fair disciplinary procedure rests on several essential ingredients: inform the employee of the issue, hold a disciplinary hearing, allow them to be accompanied, let them respond
Plans to strengthen employment law rights have been announced. The government has responded to the Taylor Review published last summer, which took a closer look
Most employers know that if they reject a job applicant because they are pregnant or are going to on maternity leave, they are committing discrimination
Do you expect your team to wear a uniform? As long as the organisation’s rules on dress code are reasonable and non-discriminatory, employers have a
While it may be tempting to do a Lord Sugar and bark “You’re fired!” whilst jabbing your finger at an employee you’d be glad to
Blog What do you do if a witness to a workplace incident at the centre of a grievance wants to remain anonymous? Let’s imagine
When an employee is not performing to the required standards, is it capability or conduct? When we are talking about someone that can’t do something, this is
Does discriminatory treatment permit an employee to refuse work? This was the question that was explored by the Court of Appeal in the case of
The latest statistics show that the number of single claims to Employment Tribunals has increased by a whopping 64%. Since the second quarter of 2014/15,
