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 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.
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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...