Law
From about 1970, a range of protections have been introduced making it unlawful to treat someone less favourably in the work environment for a reason related to a protected characteristic (gender, race, age etc.). More recently, considerable attention has...
Employment Law Update - Diversity
03rd January 2012From about 1970, a range of protections have been introduced making it unlawful to treat someone less favourably in the work environment for a reason related to a protected characteristic (gender, race, age etc.). More recently, considerable attention has...
Employment Law
The duty to protect employees from unlawful harassment is placed upon employers by the anti-discrimination legislation. This includes protection against harassment where an employee is disabled. The definition of harassment is ‘unwanted language or behavi...
Employment law update - Disability discrimination
10th August 2011The duty to protect employees from unlawful harassment is placed upon employers by the anti-discrimination legislation. This includes protection against harassment where an employee is disabled. The definition of harassment is ‘unwanted language or behavi...
Employment Law
The second category confers rights on employees who have spent 12 weeks in the same job. These workers will be entitled to equal treatment entitlements relating to pay and other basic working conditions, such as annual leave and rest breaks. Pregnant agen...
Employment law update – The Agency Workers Regulations
22nd June 2011The second category confers rights on employees who have spent 12 weeks in the same job. These workers will be entitled to equal treatment entitlements relating to pay and other basic working conditions, such as annual leave and rest breaks. Pregnant agen...
Employment Law
There may be occasions where an employer has to make redundancies when it is necessary to consider offering a potentially redundant employee an alternative role already held by a second person, and making the second person redundant instead. This is known...
Employment law update – failure to consider bumping makes redundancy dismissal unfair.
01st June 2011There may be occasions where an employer has to make redundancies when it is necessary to consider offering a potentially redundant employee an alternative role already held by a second person, and making the second person redundant instead. This is known...
Employment Law
The foundation stone of the workplace is the employment contract. The terms of the contract can come from a number of different sources, for example, statute, industry rules and standards, and the company’s own rules. The Employment Rights Act 1996 places...
Employment law update – the employment contract
06th May 2011The foundation stone of the workplace is the employment contract. The terms of the contract can come from a number of different sources, for example, statute, industry rules and standards, and the company’s own rules. The Employment Rights Act 1996 places...