October 26, 2018
Court of Appeal judges have upheld a landmark £2m award in a whistleblowing case that marked the first-time directors have been sued for unfairly dismissing an employee. As a result, the reward has become one of the largest in employment tribunal history. Alexander Osipov was fired in October 2014 after a series of disagreements between himself, Frank Timis – IPL’s […]
October 3, 2018
Brexit is vastly becoming the defining political event of the 21st Century within the UK. With Theresa May’s Chequers plan being firmly rejected by the EU, unless otherwise agreed through negotiations, the UK will leave the EU on the 29th March 2019 whether that be through a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ Brexit. With six months to go it is important to […]
September 12, 2018
According to ACAS, ‘A dismissal occurs when an employer terminates the employee’s contract’. Just as formal disciplinary action should only be necessary if informal methods have failed to resolve the problem. A dismissal should be the last resort in terms of sanctions. However, if a dismissal does occur there are important steps to ensure the employer handles the dismissal professionally […]
August 8, 2018
With one million people gathering in London for the annual 2018 Pride and many other LGBTQ+ events throughout July and August it is an important time to focus on inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Although there are laws in place which help to further both inclusivity and diversity in work such as; covering age, disability, race, religion, gender and […]