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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
21 November 2013
Tips for winning an age discrimination case
How Channel 4's documented approach justified its decision to remove racing presenter John McCririck.
5 November 2013
Whistleblowing - if we value bravery we must pay
Financial incentives should be introduced for whistleblowers if we really want to encourage them.
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 was well-intentioned and noble in its aims. It was introduced as a private member’s bill with strong cross-party support plus the support of industry and the professions in light of disasters and scandals such as Piper Alpha, the Clapham rail crash, BCCI and Barings Bank.
31 October 2013
Sharon Shoesmith – a salutary lesson for employers
Ed Balls has been quoted as saying that the pay-out to Sharon Shoesmith, reputed to be as much as £600,000, left a “bad taste” in the mouth. But in that respect responsibility for that “bad taste” may lie at his own door and that of his advisers at the time. It involves a salutary lesson for employers.
30 October 2013
Employment Heads Up - October 2013
Welcome to the October edition of Employment Heads Up, our monthly review providing you with an update on current trends, cases and developments in employment law.
In this month’s edition, we look at cases involving:
- the duty to make reasonable adjustments;
- the validity of non-solicitation restrictive covenants
- the law affording protection against third party harassment repealed
- offers of 'reasonable' alternative employment
25 October 2013
Fun (yes I mean fun!) at the Employment Tribunal User Group meeting in Watford!
For those who think Regional Employment Judges (REJ) do not like holding Employment Tribunal User Group meetings, they should have been a fly on the wall at the meeting in Watford on 24 October 2013.