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Stephen Simpson is Principal HR Strategy and Practice Editor at Brightmine. 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 Brightmine in its early days in 2001.

    • Featured
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Shared parental leave timeline: key dates for HR

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Jan 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Jan 2015

    Shared parental leave might feel like something for April 2015, but it is already having an impact on employers. We...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Tribunal watch: Hospital’s disability discrimination of schizophrenic nurse

    by Stephen Simpson 12 Jan 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 12 Jan 2015

    An employment tribunal has held that the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank committed disability discrimination against a nurse with mental...

    • Age discrimination
    • Collective redundancy
    • Reasonable adjustments

    Employment law: eight cases to look out for in 2015

    by Stephen Simpson 12 Dec 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 12 Dec 2014

    We round up eight significant employment law decisions expected in 2015, including legal cases pending on collective redundancy consultation and...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Whistleblowing

    Tribunal watch: Whistleblowing cardiologist at Croydon Hospital unfairly dismissed

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Dec 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Dec 2014

    An employment tribunal has held that a leading cardiologist who blew the whistle on safety following a patient’s death at...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Unfair dismissal

    Tribunal watch: Aberdeen social workers’ unfair dismissal awards of £40,000 and £18,000

    by Stephen Simpson 1 Dec 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 1 Dec 2014

    Two former Aberdeen City Council social workers have been awarded around £40,000 and £18,000 respectively for unfair dismissal. Stephen Simpson...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Information & consultation

    Tribunal watch: £50,000 awards for insolvent firm’s redundancy consultation failures

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Nov 2014

    A Northern Ireland tribunal has found that staff who were made redundant at Canadian firm Nortel are entitled to payments...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Stress
    • Police

    Tribunal watch: Disability harassment against West Yorkshire Police for “doolally” remark

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Nov 2014

    An employment tribunal has found that a sergeant’s comments to a police officer returning to work after a stress-related absence...

    • Shared parental leave

    Shared parental leave policy: 10 steps for employers

    by Stephen Simpson 11 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 11 Nov 2014

    The much-heralded introduction of shared parental leave means that employers must formulate a new procedure to enable mothers to end...

    • Rest periods
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Trade unions

    Tribunal watch: Trade union meetings do not count as ‘working time’

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Nov 2014

    Is an employer breaking the law if a worker’s attendance at a trade union meeting means that the worker does...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Zero hours
    • Sex discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Sports Direct settles zero hours contract claim

    by Stephen Simpson 3 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 3 Nov 2014

    Sports Direct’s policy of using zero hours contracts widely among its workforce was due to be challenged in an employment...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Agency workers

    Tribunal watch: Long-serving agency worker replaced by potentially redundant employee

    by Stephen Simpson 27 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 27 Oct 2014

    Agency workers have the right to be informed of relevant vacancies in the organisation to which they are assigned. But...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • TUPE

    Tribunal watch: employee liability information omission on TUPE transfer leads to £65,500 award

    by Stephen Simpson 20 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 20 Oct 2014

    On a TUPE transfer, what employee liability information on potential employment tribunal claims from transferring staff does the transferor have...

    • Case law
    • Sex discrimination

    Sex discrimination against men: 10 ways employers could fall foul

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2014

    Employers are used to spotting the warning signs of potential claims of sex discrimination against women. But what about sex discrimination claims from men?

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual orientation discrimination
    • TUPE

    Tribunal watch: TUPE transfer leads to pay cut for care workers

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2014

    The TUPE transfer of care staff from the NHS to Prospect Housing and Support Services resulted in unlawful variations to...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Police
    • Disability

    Tribunal watch: Claim triggers change to recruitment policy on colour-blind police officers

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Oct 2014

    An employment tribunal claim from an aspiring police officer whose application was rejected because he is colour blind has led...

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