Mon, 30 October 2017
What is Sexual Harassment? & How does the law protect people in the UK?Following recent news about the long running and high profile allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein in the US there has been a lot of coverage in the media about sexual harassment and harassment in the workplace. With this coverage has been the social media campaign #metoo where women who have been subject to some form of harassment are using the hashtag in their social media to highlight the issue. I thought that it would be a good time to cover what the law in the UK says about sexual harassment and to provide an update for employers to help understand responsibilities and how to ensure the culture in your workplace does not allow this kind of behaviour to take place. In this episode I will cover:
Action Points
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Mon, 16 October 2017
Examples of cases involving suspension at workFollowing the last two episodes in which I covered suspending employees, I have compiled some cases involving suspension at work to give you some examples of the facts and circumstances. In this episode I will cover:
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Sun, 1 October 2017
What are an employers options when an employee is charged with a criminal offence? Should they suspend indefinitely?Following the last episode in which I covered suspending employees I have been contacted by a listener who raised some great questions about suspending employees when there are criminal allegations either related to work or behaviour outside of work to take into consideration. This is certainly an issue that arises fairly frequently and often employers do not know what to do and feel that they have no choice but to suspend the employee on full pay pending the outcome of the criminal case. In this episode I will cover:
Action Points
Get in touch to get your copy of the free suspension checklist, email suspension@realemploymentlawadvice.co.uk Don't forget you can contact us by email alison@realemploymentlawadvice.co.uk or miranda@realemploymentlawadvice.co.uk or by telephone 01983 897003, 01722 653001 or 023 8098 2006 |