Felicia Epstein is an employment specialist from our London office and member of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER). As part of the consultation process, she’s drafted a response to Government proposals changing the rules on collective redundancies…
Partner and employment law specialist Paul Statham has recently had an extended article published in the Sept/Oct 2012 edition of ‘ela briefing‘ (the Employment Lawyers Association) …
Where’s the fairness in the Government’s proposals to cap compensation for unfair dismissal? Partner and employment law specialist Paul Statham is at a loss to understand the current thinking…
In the light of an alarming number of work-related suicides in France, Binder Bansel, our head of employment law, considers the steps open to an employee if harassed and put under intolerable pressure by an employer in the UK…
Partner and employment law specialist Paul Statham explains why the Government’s money-saving proposals to introduce fees for claimants in employment tribunals will ‘tramp roughshod’ over individual employment rights…
Partner and employment law specialist Paul Statham considers the reasoning and likely consequences of the Government’s recent proposals regarding fees for Employment Tribunals… (more…)
Who is responsible for an unlawful act? Sometimes it’s not just one person, but multiple people who potentially ‘carry the can’. Employment law specialist Jane Farrell uses the current predicament of former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw as an example …
Although at first sight some of these changes might seem like common sense, a second look reveals their (potentially fatal) flaws…
The coalition Government’s money-saving proposals to introduce fees for claimants in employment tribunals are set to fail, according to expert legal opinion. Read partner Paul Statham’s views, published recently in ‘The HR Director‘.
With Workers’ Memorial Day (28th April) approaching, Partner Marcus Weatherby is critical of the Government’s current misguided attack on what it sees as ‘excessive health and safety provision’…