Right to be accompanied: Dealing with requests to postpone a disciplinary hearing

Pinsent Masons | Employment Law Journal | October 2018 #194
An EAT ruling has made it harder for employers to refuse to delay a disciplinary or grievance hearing because the employee’s chosen companion is unavailable, warns Rob Childe ‘The impact on Ms Smith of not being able to attend with her chosen representative to put forward her side of the story was far greater than …

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Internal investigations: How regulated firms can manage seven key issues

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Employment Law Journal | July/August 2018 #192
Bradley Houlston, Polly James and Rebecca Harding-Hill look at how financial services firms can manage the employment law risks that arise from investigations into potential regulatory breaches ‘When an issue comes to light it is of course important to react swiftly to investigate it.’ Businesses may carry out internal investigations in response to various triggers, …

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Legal News: Employment update

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2017 #181
Katherine Pope rounds up recent case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘Referring to recent gig economy cases, the report concludes that the myth of self-employment frequently fails to stand up in court, but individuals face huge risks in challenging their employment status that way.’Nominal award for breach of the right to be …

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Disciplinary And Grievance Hearings: Who is a reasonable companion?

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Employment Law Journal | December 2013/January 2014 #146
Mark Kaye considers a recent EAT decision on an employer’s ability to impose conditions on the right to be accompanied ‘As long as a worker selects the appropriate category of representative as set out in the Act, there is no obligation on that worker for the choice of companion to be “reasonable’”. Section 10 of …

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