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The rules regarding trade unions and what employers can and cannot do in regards to them can be a particularly tricky and grey area for employers. However, some light has…

If you asked the ordinary person if secretly recording a conversation breaks trust and confidence the majority would probably say yes. However, recently in the Employment Appeal Tribunal this was…

Disability discrimination is something that is bought to the Employment Tribunal’s attention over and over again. This was no different in the recent case of Ahmed v Cardinal Hume Academies.…

Earlier this year the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) published a report with five main aims to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace: 1) employers to put sexual harassment at…

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas.  This case is (not) full of festive cheer, considering, as it did, whether an employer was vicariously liable for the act of…

Data protection has always been a hot topic for employers and has become of even more importance, given the General Data Protection Regulation introduced this year.  However, has it ever…

Christmas comes but once a year, unlike stories of sexual harassment, which have been rife in recent months.  The latest scandal to hit the retail sector has arisen from the…

Recently, in the case of The Governing Body of Tywyn Primary School v Aplin, an important administrative measure was up for discussion. The question that arose in this case was…

Recently, in the case of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust v Levy, the question arose as to when a resignation would not be a resignation. Whilst this may seem…

There has long been a campaign to support those parents who have suffered the tragedy of losing a child and come April 2020, it is hoped that the Parental Bereavement…