E-Learning
Hello and welcome back to your monthly employment law update. To put it lightly, it has been a busy month, the country’s EU status, current prime minister, footballing success and, hopefully, your underwear have all changed since our last newsletter. Furthermore, and despite Britain opting to leave the EU, it has also been a busy […]
You probably heard about PwC and its staff provider, Portico, causing national outrage for sending a female employee home after she refused to wear high heels. Not only is such a gender biased policy massively outdated and absurd it is also unfair. At PJH Law we can proudly confirm that high heels are optional….for both […]
This case is an Early Conciliation case. Like our previous case on this topic, it suggests the court will be lenient towards potential Claimant’s human error during the process of early conciliation. Ms Adams, the Claimant was a finance manager at British Telecom, the Respondent. Upon termination of her employment the Claimant proceeded with ACAS Early Conciliation. […]
A recent government report suggests that up to 390,000 pregnant women experience negative and possibly discriminatory treatment during pregnancy and maternity leave, or on their return. Many mums surveyed said that maternity leave negatively impacted on their career and the report estimates that 54,000 women are forced out of work each year due to the issue. Over […]
It’s that time of year again. The end of February means the dawn of spring, a season often associated with rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. In the spirit of spring why not refresh you employment law knowledge and attend our annual Employment Law Update in April. (If you thought the links to Case of the […]
Ched Evans has been in the news for trying to return to his previous job as a professional footballer after serving 30 months of a 60 month prison sentence for rape. To be fair to Mr Evans he is protesting his innocence and his case is subject to a Criminal Case Review. However, at the […]
On the eve of George Osbourne’s spring budget, an event that could determine his success as a chancellor (cue dramatic music). We thought we would look back at how successful some of the pre-election employment law policies have been, or, if they have actually been implemented. The pre-election promises of all parties had similar goals. The […]
It’s that time of year again. The end of February means the dawn of spring, a season often associated with rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. In the spirit of spring why not refresh you employment law knowledge and attend our annual Employment Law Update in April. (If you thought the links to Case of the […]
If you cast your mind back to January 2015 you may remember that winter was actually very cold. As such we did a piece about snow polices. This year, due to a winter that is milder than mint yoghurt, there seems to be very little chance of snow. However, if you substitute the word snow for severe […]
Deaf snipers, knife wielding teachers,cake eating cafeteria workers, every month an employment law case gets swept in the perfect storm that is tabloid journalism. This month’s sensationalist story concerns a warehouse worker who was sacked for liking a picture of a co-workers fleece on Facebook. Troy Garod, the employee in question, worked for Bertram Books and […]
Despite being banned by law in most of the world slavery still affects roughly 30 million people. Most businesses do not intentionally encourage or practise modern slavery however, many companies with subsidiaries or 3rd parties operating on their behalf, particularly abroad, do run the risk. The new Modern Slavery Act consolidates many pieces of legislation relating […]
Last month drug driving law was amended to make it easier for the police to convict drivers under the influence of both illegal and legal drugs. Previously the police had to show how a driver’s ability to drive had been adversely affected by drugs, whereas now the individual has to simply have taken drugs over […]
Both employers and employees can face serious penalties for breach of the Bribery Act. Employers can be made to pay an unlimited fine and employees can even go to prison! PJH Law’s Bribery Act e-learning trains employees on their responsibilities under the Bribery Act with a view to raise awareness of what amounts to a […]
Social Media is becoming a hot topic in many businesses. As well as being a valuable business tool for marketing and staff recruitment, social media can present a number of risks – both legal and reputational to organisations when used inappropriately. Those risks can be mitigated by ensuring all employees understand their employer’s rules on the use […]
