News & commentary

On this page you will find the latest news on employment law, HR and health & safety matters. They are updated regularly and you will find new content here on a weekly basis.

Latest news & commentary

17 May 2012

Suspension without pay over £2 million fraud probe – a costly mistake

Employees under investigation may be suspended with pay under their employer’s disciplinary procedure. [...]
06 April 2012

Redundancy - carrying out a fair selection

The EAT has provided further useful guidance on the steps that an employer must take when considering potentially redundant employees for alternative positions within the business. [...]
23 March 2012

Croikey! Aussie sues employers for racial slurs

An Australian council worker has quit his job and taken his former employers to court claiming that he was racially abused by co-workers because of his nationality.[...]
08 March 2012

Rulings delivered on religious discrimination at work cases

A recent Employment Tribunal decision has tackled the thorny subject of religious discrimination at work.[...]
24 January 2012

Increase in unfair dismissal qualifying period to affect only new employees?

As we reported on 24 November last year, on 6 April 2012 the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase from one to two years.[...]
15 December 2011

LAW case appears in employment law casebook

LAW Head of Litigation, Richard Woods, has been published! Followers of employment law will no doubt be aware of the highly regarded IDS Handbooks which give detailed guidance on employment law issues.[...]
05 December 2011

Apple was right to prune employee over Facebook comments

An Employment Tribunal has found that technology colossus Apple was entitled to dismiss one of its UK employees over Facebook posts which, in Apple’s opinion, brought the company into disrepute.[...]
17 November 2011

Refusal to allow an employee to wear a poppy not discrimination

The Equality Act is designed to protect employees from, amongst other things, discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief.[...]
11 October 2011

Negligent job references

There is rarely an obligation on an employer to provide a job reference, but where one is provided, the employer needs to take care that any reference provided is accurate.[...]