Gary Lineker has hit the headlines in recent weeks for a tweet in which he criticised the Government’s asylum policy and in particular the language used by Government ministers when discussing asylum seekers. The BBC was concerned that his tweet breached the broadcaster’s impartiality guidelines and asked Mr Lineker to Read more…
Quite often, I am approached by prospective new clients who want to complain about the medical care they have received through the NHS Complaints Procedure, but they are worried that doing this will harm their ongoing medical care. NHS complaints should be handled under their Confidentiality Policy and should be Read more…
It is common for organisations with HR departments to heavily involve HR in disciplinary, grievance and redundancy processes. Indeed, one might say that is the whole point of having an HR department in the first place. To what extent though should the HR manager confine themselves to advice on procedure Read more…
HR and people managers who regularly deal with disciplinary and grievance issues will be familiar with the situation where an employee requests to be accompanied to an internal hearing by someone who isn’t a trade union representative or work colleague. The usual position is that they do not have this right Read more…
A recent High Court decision provides useful guidance for businesses on how they should deal with the competing rights, legal obligations and interests of the parties involved when providing a reference. The court held that a police force should not be permitted to send a further reference to the new Read more…
Employment laws have changed in 2013. At our recent Annual Employment Law Review, we updated HR professionals on the key changes to legislation, and gave an insight into what they can expect in 2014. Here is a summary of the key points discussed but if you would like to see Read more…
Following hot on the heels of our seminar earlier this month on monitoring employees at work, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has provided welcome guidance on the use of surveillance by employers of their employees to detect potential misconduct. In the case of City and County of Swansea v Gayle Read more…