Employees have a number of rights when facing redundancy. These rights may be statutory or contractual, individual or collective. Some rights will require a qualifying period (i.e. the need to have been employed for a certain length of time), whilst others will not. If you’re in a redundancy situation, read on for more information about your general rights.
I was contacted this week by an employee who wanted advice on pursuing an unfair dismissal claim against her former employer. Although she’d worked for the employer for around three years overall, she’d left the employer after two years before returning about three months later. In her particular circumstances this break broke her continuity of service and meant she was unable to pursue an ordinary unfair dismissal claim. Not all breaks in service however break continuity. Read on for more information about the importance of continuous employment and what events break and do not break continuity.
I have just successfully concluded a Stage 2 Local Government Pension Scheme – Ill Health Retirement Appeal for my client. Read on to see how I helped achieve a positive outcome.
If you have been offered a Settlement Agreement by your employer, it can be a confusing and stressful time. A Settlement Agreement is an important document which you must take legal advice on. Please read on for more information on what you should do if you are offered a Settlement Agreement.
World Mental Health Day was on 10 October 2022. It aimed to raise awareness of mental health and for mental health problems to be treated in the same way as physical health. Many of us suffer with stress or mental health illness at times in our lives and sometimes this is caused by, or can affect, our work. Employers have a general duty to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all of their employees, which includes not only our physical health but our mental health too. In this blog I consider the management of work-related stress and mental health issues of work, the potential for either stress or mental ill health to amount to a disability and when a claim against your employer may arise.
I recently concluded an Automatic Unfair Dismissal claim for a client with less than two years of employment service. Read on to see how I helped my client…
I recently concluded a Gross Misconduct – Wrongful & Unfair Dismissal claim. Read on to see how I helped my client…
It is very common for employers to set a probationary period for new employees as a way to assess employees during the first few months of their employment. If you are subject to a probationary period and your employer considers that you do not meet the required standards, your employer may terminate, with notice, your employment contract. Whether you are able to challenge your employer’s decision to terminate will depend upon a number of factors.
I was delighted to help my client after she had been subjected to an unfair performance management process by her company. For more information read on.