
Can you monitor staff emails and phone calls?
The law does allow employers to monitor employees’ work emails, internet use and telephone calls. But you need to take care to stay within the

The law does allow employers to monitor employees’ work emails, internet use and telephone calls. But you need to take care to stay within the

Blog Our Employment Law Advisers often receive calls from anxious employers about how to handle disciplinary and grievance issues. Rightly so, because not following the

Do you ever let employees get away with poor performance because you don’t want to have the awkward conversation with them? Although this is completely

Employees have the right to time off work for a number of statutory reasons, including time off for public duties. Nature of the right Employees

Volunteers are at the heart of most charities, but unfortunately, there’s always the odd bad apple. Most people at your charity will be a fantastic

BLOG How to manage workplace gossip Gossip in the workplace is often harmless enough. But sometimes it can cross the line and employers will need

The insurance market, Lloyd’s of London, has taken steps to prohibit their employees from drinking alcohol during the working day. In a memo circulated to

Employers cannot discriminate on the basis of the ‘protected characteristics’ specified in the Equality Act 2010. These protected characteristics are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage

Do you know the process to follow to get an employee’s medical report? Do you know what to do if the employee doesn’t give consent?

In a recent case of Grange v Abellio London Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was asked to make a ruling on whether an employer