Employment Law Update – Bank Holidays And Part Time Workers
11 / 11 / 2011
Today is the 11th November. All over the world, people will be honouring the men and women whom lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. Many will also be have the war in the Gulf in mind and thinking about the soldiers currently serving the country there. I am working in France for a few days and...
Employment Law Update – Andy Warhol, Facebook and You
03 / 11 / 2011
Andy Warhol famously said "In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” The rise of celebrity culture and reality television in the Western world since then has shown Warhol to be quite prophetic. YouTube and webcams make it possible for you to be the star of your own show. The problem is with all this goldfish living...
Who’s Afraid of The Big Bad Employment Tribunal?
18 / 10 / 2011
Unless you're a solicitor, the arrival of an ET1 tribunal claim does tend to cast a gloom over the morning. Employment tribunal claims have risen considerably in recent years. In the current climate contractual variations and redundancy dismissals are commonplace; as I write this another high profile example has emerged. I have just read on the BBC website that shares...
Employment Law Update - When to Use Performance Management and When to Review Performance
17 / 10 / 2011
From characters as diverse as Danii Minogue to Chris Grayling to Jedward, the performance of those in the public eye is always under scrutiny and being judged, though the public are usually powerless to carry out any sanction beyond the expression of approval or disapproval. It’s different at work. It is the right and duty of employers to scrutinise employee...
Employment Law Update - Settling an Employment Tribunal Claim
06 / 10 / 2011
Principles are all very well, but they can be seriously expensive and thus, irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the matter, the majority of employment tribunal claims are settled in order to avoid the stress and expense of attending a hearing. Settling a claim is not an admission of liability, but respondents often make commercial decisions to settle claims...