Denial of Permanent Health Insurance to 55 Year Old Was Discriminatory
02 / 10 / 2013
Although insurance based benefits are an exception under the age discrimination legislation, you still have to give proper consideration to the facts in each case. In Whitham v Capita Insurance Services, the tribunal had to consider whether stopping permanent health insurance benefits once the employee had reached the age of 55 was age discrimination. Mr Witham had been receiving benefits...
The Pain of Working With a Screamer
30 / 09 / 2013
Recently we have been dealing with a couple of screamers from the same company. I do find screamers a deeply depressing phenomenon. Both have either failed or refused to meet company standards and the company (which could have invoked the formal disciplinary procedure) decided to talk to them informally. And in both instances they have gone off sick with “work-related...
The Thin Line Between Fun and Harassment at Work
27 / 09 / 2013
UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom managed to put his foot in it several times over the last few months. From the man who brought is the bongo-bongo land comment, we now have a remark (a joke we are told) that the "women in politics" conference fringe meeting was "full of sluts" who did not clean behind their fridges. We all have...
Burn Out or Flow Out? What a Choice!
25 / 09 / 2013
This week we were thinking about work and how much is too much. I spend a lot of my working life poised between two extremes. At the stage of the business I am currently at, I am working hard to ensure that we grow, that we retain quality, that we add value to the bottom line. As the owner manager...
Booze or Bust!
23 / 09 / 2013
On Daybreak last week they were discussing whether or not individuals should be responsible for paying for their own care if when drunk they need medical attention. The reasoning was that it’s self-inflicted. With resources being as tight as they are, should we drain NHS money on self-inflicted injury or states of ill health? That could raise the argument that...