Employee disputes Posts

A lot of work I have done as lawyer and mediator turns on the words "Constructive Dismissal." Constructive dismissal is when an employee resigns in response to a significant and fundamental breach of their contract of employment by their employer.  To amount to constructive dismissal, the breach (which could stem from a single event or a number of them) must be a  very serious one. That is, it must be a fundamental breach of contract . Historically lawyers are reluctant ....

In a more difficult employment market and world economy at risk, it is crucialo that business maintains focused on the positives as to what can be achieved. If you have not read it, please consider the Macleod Report. which is a high quality report Commissioned by the previous government. Many of the leading HR practiioners whom I have spoken to at Conferences and work, heartily recommend it. The report asserts that wider delivery of employee engagement could have a positiv....

Something must be seriously wrong when a senior judge is advising people to keep as far away from the law as possible. The comments were made by Lord Justice Mummery in a Court of Appeal decision. He was considering whether to allow an appeal by a restaurant owner who had been ordered to pay £14,777 in compensation to a former employee for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. The restaurant owner, David Piper, had attempted to lodge his notice of appeal with the Employment Appea....