Welcome The newspapers have widely reported that the Duke of Sussex (Harry – 36, from Windsor) will take his full two weeks of paternity leave when the Duchess (Megan, 37, from Los Angeles) gives birth. A friend of the Prince (and with ‘friends’...
Welcome The Sunday Times recently reported on some unintended consequences of the “Me Too” campaign. Following the stream of allegations and convictions concerning discrimination and harassment in the workplace, men are now apparently frightened...
Welcome February brings our second Employment Update of the year. We’ve seen off the first month of the year and its accompanying horror – ‘Dry January’. It’s not so much the act of people not having an alcoholic drink for...
Welcome Happy New Year to you all! This employment law update has, in the past, been described as both “mildly amusing” and “reasonably informative” – we’ll take that. But unfortunately, the description “sporadic” has crept into the picture...
Welcome! Welcome to our Autumn newsletter. What happened to the summer edition you say? Well, summer’s lease has all too short a date – too hot the eye of heaven shone, and so I didn’t get around to it. But speaking of temperature, last...
Welcome Welcome to the first of this year’s Employment Law Snapshots. The case that I’ll be looking at in this article deals with the controversial topic of the rules surrounding the disclosure of documentation in Employment...
Welcome! It feels as if we’ve been away for about a year – our busiest year on record caused the hiatus but two new solicitors have joined us (see below) and we’re now back on form. Fortunately, nothing out of the ordinary has...
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...
