Welcome Hello and welcome to issue 14 of my Employment Law Snapshot. With the General Election only a couple of days away, in this episode, I have read through the manifestos of the leading political parties for their comments and pledges on...
Welcome And in a packed issue this month we consider some recent decisions concerning the fairness in recruitment and in dismissals, as well as taking a look at a white van man’s altercation with a cyclist and the employment fall-out...
Introduction Hello and welcome to issue 13 of my Employment Law Snapshot. Spring has now officially sprung and I hope that you all survived April Fool’s Day last week. I spent a happy weekend scouring the newspapers trying to spot real...
Introduction Welcome to Issue 12 of my Employment Law Snapshot. Hello and welcome to January 2017. It’s been a pretty quiet start to the New Year and completely lacking in controversy. There’s only been the recent decision of the Supreme Court...
Welcome It’s Christmas party season again and you will have no doubt received the annual doomy solicitors’ warnings (about as welcome as a Victorian Aunt at a boozy dinner) about office parties, mentioning the word ‘Christmas’ and having fun. In...
Introduction Welcome to Issue 11 of my Employment Law Snapshot. I’m writing this edition on Tuesday 8th November and the polling stations have just opened for the American Presidential elections. So, at the moment I have no idea who has won, even...
Welcome The Summer season brings with it silly season stories and one in particular this year involved a criminal case presided over by Judge Patricia Lynch QC. The criminal was (accurately) described by the judge as a vile racist. Firstly, when...
Introduction Welcome to Issue 10 of my Employment Law Snapshot. It’s good to see that the summer has eventually decided to turn up and I hope that you have been enjoying this week’s sunny weather. Obviously, as a fully paid up member of the...
Welcome I have it on what I believe to be good authority that women have enough difficulty in deciding what they should wear to work generally* and the developments over the last few weeks will not have made things any easier. Firstly, there was...
Welcome Welcome to Issue 9 of my Employment Law Snapshot. Firstly, here’s a shameless plug for our inaugural FREE Employment Law Breakfast Briefing. It’s taking place on Wednesday 8th June at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton with registration...
Welcome Employment law headline of the year so far goes to the Daily Mail: “The monkey girl at London Zoo scent-marked my boyfriend and behaved like an animal: Meerkat handler speaks out over spat with a love rival that cost her job, her...
Welcome Welcome to Issue 8 of my Employment Law Snapshot. This week’s issue continues with the theme of snooping on employees, which seems to have received a lot of press coverage over the last few weeks, particularly in relation to our...
