by David Scott | Jun 16, 2022 | Employment law, Health and Safety, Mental Health
Frequently employers find themselves in a position where an employee is suffering due to mental health issues at work. For some employees, their mental health may impact performance at work, it could lead to short term absences, while for others their mental health...
by Olga Hall | Jun 8, 2022 | Employment law, Employment Law Legislation, Employment Tribunals, Guides, HR, Legislation Advice
In the recent case of Knightley v Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, the Employment Tribunal had to consider whether the Respondent’s failure to make reasonable adjustments for the Claimant’s disability during a formal capability process rendered the whole...
by Des Moloney | Jun 8, 2022 | Employment law, Employment Law Legislation, Employment Tribunals, Guides, HR, Legislation Advice, Tribunal
Most employers are aware of the restrictions placed on working time by the Working Time Regulations – particularly the 48 hour weekly limit, the entitlement to an eleven hour break in every 24 hours and the entitlement to a 24 hour break in every seven day period....
by Claire Malley | May 20, 2022 | Employment law, Employment Law Legislation, Employment Tribunals, Guides, HR, Legislation Advice, Tribunal
It will have been difficult to have avoided the legal ‘Wagatha Christie’ case for defamation in the high court in London between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy. You may have seen reports over the evidence being given by the parties, and the issues raised...
by Claire Malley | May 19, 2022 | Bullying and Harassment, Discrimination, Employment law, Employment Tribunals, Guides, HR, Legislation Advice, Tribunal
In a recently heard Tribunal case, Mr A Finn v The British Bung Manufacturing Company Ltd and Mr J King: 1803764/2021, it has been held that calling a man bald amounts to sexual (or sex related) harassment, in breach of the Equality Act 2010. In this case, the...
