Employment
News & Events
2001 Archive
Wednesday 14 March 2001
Paid Parental Leave - Good for business, or bad?
The Prime Minister's recently stated intention to introduce 14 weeks of paid parental leave as a statutory right...
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Thursday 5 April 2001
Employee Relationships and the Employment Relations Act
Personal relationships between employees are nothing new to the workplace environment.
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Thursday 19 April 2001
How Workplace Highs cause Workplace Lows
A rather basic expectation of any employment relationship is that employees will arrive at work in a fit state to carry out their jobs.
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Thursday 3 May 2001
All in the Family - When family ties are a ground for dismissal
It is generally accepted that most successful personal relationships
are built upon mutual trust and confidence. Each partner to a relationship
should feel that the other will be supportive and sensitive to matters
which are both individually and mutually important. ..
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Thursday 17 May 2001
Sexual Orientation and Employment Law
Come out of the closet and get out of the workplace?
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Thursday 31 May 2001
Up in Smoke
<p class="introparagraph">A story of passive smoking and direct liability
It seems these days that we are accustomed to hearing reports from the
United States evidencing the victories of anti-tobacco groups in what
appears to be a world-wide war against smoking. A r ..
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Thursday 14 June 2001
Vicarious Liability for Employers
A warning sounded by the House of Lords.
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Thursday 28 June 2001
Employment Promotions and Discrimination
Would you buy a used car from this man?
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Thursday 12 July 2001
The day they said that Casey could
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States highlights the application of the law to people with disabilities.
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Thursday 26 July 2001
The Protected Disclosures Act
means for allowing employees to blow the whistle - or just another cost on employers?
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August 2001
Short skirts, long earrings and other employment issues
Chief Judge Goddard's recent decision rejecting a claim by Mrs Rankin against the Crown marked the end of a case which has preoccupied the media for months.
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Thursday 9 August 2001
Move away from the plane Grandad
A decision of the Employment Court illustrates the difficulties associated with discrimination in employment on the basis of age.
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Cosmic Thing
Cosmic rays, parental leave... and a decision of the Employment Tribunal.
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Thursday 6 September 2001
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Serious misconduct... and the very serious matter of the missing biscuits.
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Thursday 20 September 2001
When a bun in the oven means feet on the street
A recent case reminds us that pregnancy is not a cause for dismissal.
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Wednesday 26 September 2001
Sorry - I can't give you that information
The Privacy Act: What does it mean for employers?
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Thursday 4 October 2001
Give me my job back!
A recent decision highlights the importance of the right to reinstatement.
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Wednesday 17 October 2001
How safe do you feel?
Proposed amendment to health and safety legislation may have a significant impact upon employers.
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Thursday 18 October 2001
We won't keep you, you're part of the Union
Why not to discriminate in employment... and why not to do it using email.
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Wednesday 31 October 2001
An employee with a bone to pick
A freezing worker, a new policy and a tale of frustration.
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Wednesday 7 November 2001
Just what employers need: A little more stress
Earlier this week the Attorney General announced a proposal for significant reform to the Health and Safety in Employment Act. Amongst the proposed amendments to the law is a proposal to place an obligation upon employers to address workplace stress.
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Wednesday 21 November 2001
Stop hanging up... or start packing up
A telephone worker sacked for disconnecting callers challenges her employer's decision to dismiss her.
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Wednesday 5 December 2001
Even more fun than Temptation Island
A noticeable phenomenon over the course of the last few years has been the rise in popularity of so-called "reality" television shows.
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Wednesday 19 December 2001
I could be so good for you
One of the highlights of television in the 1980s was the popular British show Minder. The hero of the show was Arthur Daley - a dubious character whose normal business attire featured a full-length rain coat...
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