Health and wellbeing

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• Type:

  Training

  Stress quiz - line manager training

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to stress prevention and management.

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances might an employer need to obtain a medical report on an employee?

• Type:

  FAQs

  From whom can an employer obtain a medical report on an employee?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Which medical reports are covered by the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988?

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances is a medical practitioner not obliged to give an employee access to a medical report prepared on them?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employee who initially indicated that they did not want to see a medical report before the medical practitioner discloses it to the employer subsequently request to see it?

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Employer harassed and victimised employee after she underwent IVF treatment

  This case is a prime example of the problems that can occur in a workplace when a member of staff is undergoing IVF treatment in a bid to get pregnant.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee whose partner suffers miscarriage explaining their paternity rights

  A model letter to an employee whose partner has suffered a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy explaining their paternity rights.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee who suffers miscarriage explaining their maternity rights

  A model letter to contact an employee who has had a miscarriage before the end of the 24th week of their pregnancy to advise them of their entitlements in respect of maternity and sickness absence.

• Date:

  10 March 2011

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  EAT holds that "confusing" alcohol policy led to unfair dismissal

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal decision that an employee's dismissal was unfair because it was based on a confusing alcohol policy of which he was unaware.