Complaints Procedure

A protected conversation is an ‘off the record’ discussion that can be had between employer and employee to bring about the termination of employment on agreed terms, this can be done at any time during the course of employment and...

There is now a heavy burden is on employers in that a single act of sexual harassment by anyone, not just another employee, will leave the employer with liability. The new duty on employers to protect staff from sexual harassment...

In what has been the most highly anticipated Budget Statement for some time, the Chancellor has today set out her first Autumn Budget and what this will mean, in theory, to the pockets of business owners and their employees. Our...

A large employer has settled out a claim this week for sexual harassment for £45,000 in order to avoid a full judgement at tribunal. The case in question appears to us to be a master class in how not to...

The orthodox view on who is protected when blowing the whistle is that the protection for making protected disclosures extends to employees, and to workers. Now the Appeal Tribunal has indicated that the protection for whistleblowing goes beyond this. In...

An Employment Tribunal has found that an employee was unfairly dismissed after being ignored by her boss when she said hello to him. After a small disagreement, the boss began ignoring her, and when she arrived late for work after...