Employment Law in the UK

UK law blog posts regarding employment law in the UK. Useful for employment lawyers and clients of employment law solicitors.

Employment Tribunal shouldn’t substitute own view for that of the employer

December 11, 2012

In this post we’re going to take a look at the “range of reasonable responses” test in unfair dismissal claims and examine (in particular) what this test is, how it should be applied by the Employment Tribunal in unfair dismissal cases, and when a decision of the Tribunal may be open to challenge on this […]

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Shift in nature of industrial conflict

December 7, 2012

Guest post regarding a shift in the nature of industrial conflict. The past fifty years have seen a marked change in the ways that trade unions put employers under pressure, according to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The role of employee relations professional has changed too – to […]

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Employer Liability

December 4, 2012

Employer liability basically holds a company liable for any misconduct, harm or malice caused by your employees, whether they are inflicted on customers, coworkers or even complete strangers. An employer is held legally responsible for any wrongdoing done by an employee who is acting within the scope of employment. Basically, the employer can be held […]

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Hurt on the Job? Here’s What You Should do.

December 4, 2012

Getting injured on the job can be an incredibly terrifying experience; you may be facing long-term injuries that can debilitate you and prevent you from working in the near future or for years to come. Not only is the injury itself devastating, many employees are actually afraid to tell their employers that they’ve been injured, wondering if […]

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How do I know if I’ve been sexually harassed in the workplace?

December 2, 2012

Sexual harassment in the workplace is a very serious and quite pervasive issue – a Eurofound report in 2005 found that 5% of female workers in the United Kingdom had reported incidents of sexual harassment or unwanted sexual attention. These figures – in reality – probably under-represent the amount of workplace sexual harassment that occurs […]

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Sexual Harassment: Fight It Early and Often

November 29, 2012

Sexual harassment is nothing to overlook. Even the most mindless flirtations can lead to sexual harassment or can be construed as such. If you have been affected by workplace harassment, proper action must be taken. Victims of sexual harassment commonly suffer psychological and physical harm. Sometimes these problems take months to manifest while some are […]

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Salespeople Regularly Cheated Out of Wages and Overtime May Have Legal Recourse

November 21, 2012

(US guest employment law blog post) There are many businesses that rely on cheap labor for “sales” jobs. It is not uncommon for employers to structure their employment contracts as a contract for an “independent contractor” in these type of “sales positions” . The distinction of drafting an employment contract as an “independent contractor”, as […]

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Disabled Workers Eligible for Texas Supplemental Security Income

November 19, 2012

The recent, and some say current, recession has made it harder for disabled people to find even part time work. In a good economy part time or contract jobs are more readily available for those that due to health reasons cannot work full time. With millions of Americans jobless the once fully employed workers are […]

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Employer Responsibilities

November 8, 2012

(US employment law and generally) An employer has certain responsibilities to their employees when they are on the job. These are rules and regulations that have been hard fought throughout the historical labor movements of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. Today employers are held to very stringent standards of conduct in order to […]

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