Blog
Business Development: Playing The Right Card
Leor Franks
9 October 2017
A warning for employers to think carefully before suspending an employee
The recent case of Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth in the High Court is a reminder to employers that suspending an employee should never be a knee-jerk reaction. The courts do not consider suspension to be a neutral act and recognise the negative consequences for employees who are suspended. As such, an employer should always ensure that it is necessary and reasonable to suspend an employee before doing so.
6 October 2017
World Mental Health Day: dealing with mental health issues in the workplace
Each year on 10 October, the World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day. The purpose is to give those working in mental health an opportunity to talk about what they do, and what more needs to be done, to make mental health care a reality for people across the world. This year, the focus is on mental health in the workplace.
21 September 2017
Employment tribunal fees - what took them so long?
Richard Fox examines the practical and political issues arising from the Supreme Court’s momentous decision that charging claimants to bring an employment tribunal complaint is unlawful.
15 September 2017
Hardened practitioners miss a trick by not attending ET users meetings
It has long been a mystery to me as to why so few practitioners choose to attend ET users meetings. Particularly senior ones. The Employment Lawyers Association has tried hard to engender more enthusiasm for these, and for a time it worked. But it seems enthusiasm has waned somewhat in recent times.
6 September 2017
Data Protection – can employers still monitor employees’ communications in light of Barbulescu v Romania?
Can employers still monitor employees’ communications in light of Barbulescu v Romania? Don’t panic, they can. But, the decision in Barbulescu v Romania from the appeal chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) shows that, in future, they must apply their mind in a much more rigorous way to how they go about it.