by Anna Denton | Dec 18, 2018 | Harassment
You maybe of the view that because what you’re aware of is happening outside of work, that the employer has no responsibility or need to get involved. However, there are a couple of different angles that you need to think about the situation from. Firstly, if the...
by Anna Denton | Dec 12, 2018 | GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance in conjunction with one of the charities that works with ex-offenders, around the extent to which, employers can ask applicants about their previous criminal records. It needs to be set in the...
by Anna Denton | Dec 5, 2018 | redundancies
At the end of October, a headline in the legal press caught my eye because it involved the firm Dentons, which happens to be the world’s biggest law firm but obviously also shares my name, albeit it was in the news for all the wrong reasons. They are about to be...
by Anna Denton | Nov 28, 2018 | Workplace
From time-to-time employees will make claims that something about their work environment places them at risk compared to everybody else, because of their own particular medical needs. This might be someone who finds the particular temperature a problem, the lighting,...
by Anna Denton | Nov 21, 2018 | Disability
Under s15 of the Equality Act 2010, an employee argues that their employer treats them unfavourably because of ‘something’ arising in consequence of their disability and argues that the employer cannot show that treatment is a proportionate means of achieving a...