300 Days of Absence
At what point does an employee’s persistent absence become ‘unacceptable’ and what steps should be taken to address this? Our latest alert covers the case of a nurse who suffered with
Discrimination arising from Hot Desking Policy
Did an employer fail to make reasonable adjustments by failing to prevent a disabled employee’s colleagues using her desk as a hot desk whilst she was not using it? Baker v House of Commons
Gross misconduct caused by medical condition
How should employers deal with allegations of gross misconduct, where the misconduct in question may have been caused by a medical condition? This was recently considered in a case involving a
Baines Explains: Mental health in the workplace
Mental ill health is responsible for 70m lost working days in the UK each year, at an estimated cost to businesses of £2.4bn. Tom Scaife, employment law partner at Baines Wilson, sets out the duties
Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants
Was it unreasonable for an employment law firm to prevent a director/shareholder from joining a competitor for a 12 month period post-termination? Law by Design Limited v Ali Ms Ali was employed by
Senior executive dismissed after CEO calls him an ‘old fossil’
Was a senior executive who was called an “old fossil”, told he didn’t know how to deal with millennials and ultimately dismissed and replaced with someone younger subjected to age
