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• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Dismissal for social media misuse: Employment tribunal round-up

  We examine four employment tribunal decisions concerning the dismissal of employees for social media activities.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

  We round up four recent employment tribunal decisions where employers' actions have resulted in pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims and provide practical tips on how to reduce the risks of similar claims.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: £13,081 award for mother who left office to collect sick child

  In Henderson v AccountsNet Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £13,081 to a trainee accountant who was found to have been unfairly dismissed after she left the office to collect her ill child from school.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy: Absence of appeal is not determinative of fairness of dismissal

  In Gwynedd Council v Barratt and another, the Court of Appeal held that the absence of an appeal in a redundancy process is one of many factors in determining the fairness of the dismissal.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Providing references

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more practical and accessible overview for employers and HR professionals.

• Date:

  12 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Top of the podcasts

  We round up some of our most popular podcasts published this year.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Sex discrimination: Male directors dismissed to improve gender pay gap

  In Bayfield and another v Wunderman Thompson (UK) Ltd and others, an employment tribunal upheld the sex discrimination and unfair dismissal claims of two male directors who were dismissed after the advertising agency vowed to "obliterate" its reputation as a "Knightsbridge boys club".

• Date:

  8 July 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Managing redundancy exercises effectively and with empathy

  Rochelle Murinas joins us to talk about the people skills required to manage redundancy exercises effectively and empathetically, while minimising the impact on all those involved.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Coronavirus employment tribunal round-up: Employees raising health and safety concerns

  With coronavirus-related employment tribunal rulings now appearing regularly, we examine four early examples of first-instance decisions where an employer dismissed an employee who refused, or was reluctant, to attend work because of health and safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Type:

  Training

  Collective redundancies quiz - line manager training

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to collective redundancies.