June 2011 #121 Issue Archives | Legalease Law Journals

Sexual harassment: Whose humour is it anyway?

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

Mark Tanner asks where the dividing line is between workplace banter and offensive comments that are a disciplinary matter

Philosophical Belief: Do you believe in fairies?

Mishcon de Reya | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

Mark Levine and Laura Ford consider whether the tribunals are becoming more willing to accept claims that an employee’s beliefs have been infringed

Disciplinary Procedures: You have been warned

Mayer Brown International LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

Old mistakes made when disciplining employees can come back to bite employers if they later decide to dismiss, caution Nicholas Robertson and Karen Stewart

Immigration Status: No green light to dismiss

Trethowans LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

James Humphery analyses a recent ruling on whether it was fair to dismiss an employee in the mistaken belief that she was working illegally

Recruitment: In the hiring line

Latham & Watkins | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

Sarah Dunkley examines the legal pitfalls that employers face when taking on new staff

Public Sector Transfers: Abolition of the Two-Tier Code

Trowers & Hamlins LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

Nicola Ihnatowicz discusses whether public service employees’ pay and conditions will deteriorate following the removal of guidelines on central and local government outsourcing

Tax: PAYE changes to termination payments

Taylor Wessing LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2011 #121

New HMRC rules could be used by employers as a negotiating tool when making payments to departing executives, reports Ann Casey

Employment Law Journal: June 2011 #121