Author Archives: Graeme Trigg
Employee personal emails; a snooping free for all?
This is a tricky issue, and was recently considered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in the case of Bărbulescu v Romania (61496/08). Read More
No right to childcare vouchers during maternity leave
The law permits an employer to withdraw childcare vouchers which are provided through a salary sacrifice scheme during maternity leave. This was the, perhaps surprising,… Read More
Holiday calculation headaches: increasing part time contractual hours
How should an employer calculate statutory accrued annual leave for a part time employee who has increased their contractual hours? Should their accrued statutory annual… Read More
Threats to kill on Facebook: taken too seriously?
Many employees have found to their cost that their social media postings can be held against them, but in a recent case of Thilakawardhana –v-… Read More
Restrictions to a clinician’s private practice are a reasonable management instruction
Trusts can require clinicians to not undertake private practice during a Maintaining High Professional Standards disciplinary process – clinicians have a duty to co-operate. In… Read More
Can an employer issue an instruction to employees to only speak in English within the workplace?
This is an issue which does crop up in the modern and diverse workplace, though surprisingly, there are only a few cases on this question… Read More
What happens if you ask striking junior doctors to return to work and they refuse?
The news reports last Tuesday of Sandwell General Hospital asking striking junior doctors to return to work got us thinking about what happens when a… Read More
Whatever next! Limited company entitled to bring a claim in the ET for age discrimination
In the first case of its kind in the UK, a limited company has won the right to bring a claim for direct age discrimination… Read More
Is the transfer of an employment contract under TUPE an offer of employment?
Can an employee who objects to a TUPE transfer claim discrimination against the transferee (who refuses to continue with reasonable adjustments) because a transfer under… Read More
Is it fair to dismiss an employee for failing to disclose allegations made against him?
The Basildon Academies v Amadi The Facts Mr Amadi was employed by Basildon Academies (The Academies) on a part time… Read More