by Anna Denton | Apr 5, 2016 | Articles
As an employer you can be required by the state to help them collect money from an individual where, for example, they have been overpaid benefits. This is different from an attachment of earnings order that the Court may issue. You may receive a letter from the...
by Anna Denton | Feb 12, 2016 | Articles
The Modern Slavery Act recognises that business can have a role to play in combating crimes of slavery and human trafficking. Section 54 requires organisations with a global turnover of over £36 million to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement for...
by Anna Denton | Jan 13, 2016 | Articles, Discrimination, Videos
Can you justify asking an employee to speak english, Anna explores what happened when an employer asked a Russian speaking lady to use English. Hear what the ET had to say in this case. To watch the video click here
by Anna Denton | Jan 13, 2016 | Articles, Unfair dismissal
Football clubs always seem to generate ‘juicy’ employment cases. Recently there has been a case involving Sunderland Association Football Club where the Club’s International and National Marketing Director, a Mr Farnan, was suspended by the Club....
by Anna Denton | Jan 7, 2016 | Absence management, Articles, Disability
An employer will typically have a sickness absence policy that sets out trigger points at which it might take various steps to manage both a disabled and a non-disabled employee’s sickness absence. The typical pushback from a disabled employee is that ‘normal’...
by Anna Denton | Dec 10, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination
I’ve had a recent run of cases where an employer has decided that it wants to exit somebody whose age range is somewhere between 60 and 67 from the business or organisation, and conversations have taken place where it has been suggested to the individuals that they...