Whistle-blowers are generally protected against retaliation by employers, but what happens when the whistle-blower also behaves badly? What does the law say and what can the employer do? The law A worker who makes a protected disclosure within s.47B Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) –…
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15 Nov It pays to take good advice: another successful outcome for our client
Our team were instructed to act for a client with sites across the UK, who required us to defend them at the employment tribunal – this is not unusual at all. However, the client had previously tried to deal with the matter themselves and in…
15 Nov Are you aware of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
What is Article 8 and how does it affect employers? Article 8 gives individuals a right to respect for private life, family life, home and correspondence. Looking at how this right to keep private life and correspondence confidential might cross over into workplace issues is…
15 Nov When can you make deductions from wages?
It is unlawful for employers to make deductions from a worker’s wages unless certain criteria are met. This can be very frustrating and stifling for employers, who may well have very good moral reasons for making the deductions. For example, your worker has just damaged…
18 Oct Quiet Quitting – what is it, and does it matter for employers?
After hitting the headlines recently, Quiet Quitting is defined as: Performing a job assigned to a person, but there’s no above-and-beyond action, extra work on those days off or answering emails 24/7. It is essentially the employee who does the bare minimum, similar to “Work…
18 Oct Living Wage increased to £10.90 per-hour as the ‘cost of living’ bites
What is the Living Wage? The Living Wage is a voluntary wage rate set by the Resolution Foundation based upon the price of consumer goods and naturally reflects actual inflationary costs in the rate set each year. Many employers pledge to track the Living Wage…
15 Oct Probationary periods: are they needed or not?
One employment lawyer’s argument against them Why have Probationary periods? Upon my recent review of the case of Przybylska v Modus Telecom, I was reminded of how managing the employee’s probation incorrectly could create a rather frustrating and expensive problem for employers. In this case,…
15 Sep How to identify and handle a nuisance claim by an employee
What is a vexatious litigant and what can I do about it? Someone who issues claims regularly, usually without any real basis, and to a wide range of people is a ‘vexatious’ litigant. They are rare, but they do exist. Generally, the cases are struck…
15 Sep A shipwreck of a claim: Failure to provide reasonable adjustments results in £34,145 employee compensation
The Claimant in this case must have been feeling very buoyant after winning a claim for disability discrimination, reeling in large compensation payment. The case Barbara Hall had undergone double hand surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) which caused her severe pain in her hands,…
15 Sep Constructive Unfair Dismissal: FAQs answered by specialist employment law solicitor Shaun Pinchbeck
What is constructive dismissal? It is a claim for unfair dismissal albeit one which an ex-employee can bring against their ex-employer in the Employment Tribunal following their resignation in response to alleged poor treatment of them by their employer that they argue amounts to a…