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Legal Corner: How long do you have to be employed by your employer to bring a claim for discrimination under the Equality Act?
Published 02 December 2013
Answer: There is no qualifying period!A right to bring a claim for discrimination applies from day one of your employment. The right also applies to workers who are contracted to do work for the empl…
What to do if you are being bullied, harassed or intimidated at work!
Published 30 September 2013
There continues to be an unacceptable level of bullying, harassment and intimidation in our workplaces! A problem which, sadly, seems to be endemic in a variety of workplaces all over the world and n…
Stress in the workplace: The effects on your organisation & what you can do about it.
Published 24 September 2013
A special report for human resources and health & safety managers and directors.We are all familiar with the headline statistics about stress and how it is now the most common cause of long term…
Legal corner: "Zero Hours" contracts; what do they mean?
Published 16 September 2013
We recently posted an article concerning "Zero Hours" contracts; a topic which has been a major topic of discussion as of late. We were concerned that much of the media coverage presented such contra…
Who owns your contacts on LinkedIn?
Published 16 July 2013
Who owns your LinkedIn contacts? Is it you or the business you work for? And can you be sacked for using LinkedIn to look for job opportunities?Senior HR professional John Flexman uploaded his CV ont…
Making a political point – the Government announces a significant change to unfair dismissal laws
Published 08 March 2013
In November 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued an important and controversial judgment stating that UK employment laws did not comply with an important part of the European Conven…
Is love in the air in your workplace this Valentines Day?
Published 12 February 2013
Valentines Day - the day on which traditionally 'love is in the air'. Statistics have shown that a significant proportion of us now meet our 'loved one' at work and around 70% of employees have had a…
Transfer and new employers
Published 04 February 2013
The recent decision of the EAT in Edinburgh Home-Link Partnership v The City of Edinburgh Council is being seen as another demonstration of the failure of the Labour Government's 'service provision c…
Noughts and crosses - European Court of Human Rights rules on long-running religious discrimination cases
Published 30 January 2013
he European Court of Human Rights has published its long awaited decision in the cases of Nadia Eweida, Shirley Chaplin, Lillian Ladele and Gary McFarlane – the first two cases centred on wearing cru…
Employer bound by mistaken job offer - The Partners of Haxby Practice v Collen
Published 19 January 2013
Ms Collen applied for a job as a practice nurse. The salary wasn’t revealed in the advert or during interview. She was offered the job by telephone and told that her pay would be £22,427. A letter co…
The Office Party – fun or folly?
Published 19 December 2012
As the festive season approaches, so does the time for office parties with their annual cocktail of fun mixed with risk. Employment law partner at Berg, Nigel Crebbin, looks at what employers can do…
Show me the money! – How does the Employment Tribunal work out compensation?
Published 13 December 2012
When it comes to the question of compensation employees are often over optimistic and employers are sometimes over pessimistic. The purpose of this article is to examine compensation for Unfair…
