Richard Fox comments on the latest 'Hot Topic' discussed in HR Magazine

Is it unfair and unrealistic to expect people to avoid political discussions in today's workplace. This was the 'Hot Topic' discussed in the latest edition of HR Magazine, published on 3 October 2019. 

Richard Fox comments on the risks involved in allowing "political" discussion in the workplace, with particular reference to the Brexit debate:

In the current febrile political environment people are increasingly becoming engaged, even consumed, by the Brexit debate. From a legal perspective this is quite a complicated area."

Richard explains why in HR magazine. 

Read the full article: Hot topic: Political conversations at work

About Richard

Richard acts for corporates, organisations and senior individuals in relation to employment matters of all kinds.  These include confidentiality and restrictive covenants, executive pay, bonus and severance arrangements, unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and redundancy programmes.  He is frequently asked to advise in situations involving allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace following the rise of the #MeToo movement, and the cases that have followed.

Richard is a well known commentator on employment law issues, appearing often in the Press (The Times, The Financial Times, People Management, HR Magazine etc) and on TV/ Radio (BBC, ITV, Sky and Radio 4).

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