Shared parental leave might feel like something for April 2015, but it is already having an impact on employers. We...
Stephen Simpson
Stephen Simpson
Stephen Simpson is a principal employment law editor at XpertHR. His areas of responsibility include the policies and documents and law reports. After obtaining a law degree and training to be a solicitor, he moved into publishing, initially with Butterworths. He joined XpertHR in its early days in 2001.
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An employment tribunal has held that the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank committed disability discrimination against a nurse with mental...
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We round up eight significant employment law decisions expected in 2015, including legal cases pending on collective redundancy consultation and...
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An employment tribunal has held that a leading cardiologist who blew the whistle on safety following a patient’s death at...
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Two former Aberdeen City Council social workers have been awarded around £40,000 and £18,000 respectively for unfair dismissal. Stephen Simpson...
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A Northern Ireland tribunal has found that staff who were made redundant at Canadian firm Nortel are entitled to payments...
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An employment tribunal has found that a sergeant’s comments to a police officer returning to work after a stress-related absence...
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The much-heralded introduction of shared parental leave means that employers must formulate a new procedure to enable mothers to end...
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Is an employer breaking the law if a worker’s attendance at a trade union meeting means that the worker does...
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Sports Direct’s policy of using zero hours contracts widely among its workforce was due to be challenged in an employment...
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Agency workers have the right to be informed of relevant vacancies in the organisation to which they are assigned. But...
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On a TUPE transfer, what employee liability information on potential employment tribunal claims from transferring staff does the transferor have...
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Employers are used to spotting the warning signs of potential claims of sex discrimination against women. But what about sex discrimination claims from men?
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The TUPE transfer of care staff from the NHS to Prospect Housing and Support Services resulted in unlawful variations to...
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An employment tribunal claim from an aspiring police officer whose application was rejected because he is colour blind has led...