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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.

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Early conciliation: five initial steps for employers when Acas makes contact

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Apr 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Apr 2014

    A fundamental difference for employers under the early conciliation regime is that they may first be alerted to a potential...

    • Sexual harassment
    • Age discrimination
    • Bullying and harassment

    Employment tribunals: 15 unusual forms of harassment

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Apr 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Apr 2014

    Harassment is traditionally thought of as a man’s unwanted actions towards a woman, or comments that are offensive to a...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Local authorities

    Tribunal watch: £22,000 award against council following flexible retirement confusion

    by Stephen Simpson 7 Apr 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 7 Apr 2014

    An employment tribunal has ordered Perth & Kinross Council to pay more than £22,000 to a long-serving employee winding down...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Disability discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Female prosecutors could get £1m following equal pay win

    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2014

    The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland could have to pay 15 female prosecutors up to £1 million after...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment tribunals

    Tribunal watch: Black pub worker told St Patrick’s Day hat made him “look like a pimp”

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Mar 2014

    A black pub worker has claimed that he was racially harassed after a manager told him that he “looked like...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Health insurance

    Tribunal watch: Parking firm admits age discrimination over insurance policy

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Mar 2014

    A large airport car parking company has admitted age discrimination in an employment tribunal over its decision to ask its...

    • Age discrimination
    • Police
    • Employment tribunals

    Police forces to appeal against decision that wide use of A19 retirement rule was age discrimination

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Mar 2014

    A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported the previous week. In the week beginning 3...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability discrimination

    Disability discrimination: 10 conditions employers might overlook

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Mar 2014

    One of the first things that HR professionals, line managers and occupational health specialists should learn about disability discrimination is...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Local authorities

    Tribunal watch: South Lanarkshire Council settles long-running equal pay claim

    by Stephen Simpson 3 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 3 Mar 2014

    A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunals reported the previous week. In the week beginning 24 February...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Tribunal watch: Welfare officer argues that phobia of dead bodies is a disability

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Feb 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Feb 2014

    A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported the previous week...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Employment tribunals
    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Tribunal watch: Holiday pay should not include overtime

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Feb 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Feb 2014

    Stephen Simpson begins a weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported the previous week. In the...

    • Disability discrimination
    • Maternity
    • Marriage and civil partnership discrimination

    Employment law: 10 cases to look out for in 2014

    by Stephen Simpson 3 Jan 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 3 Jan 2014

    We round up 10 of the significant legal decisions expected in 2014.

    • Employment law

    June 2013 employment law changes: three things employers need to know

    by Stephen Simpson 11 Jun 2013
    by Stephen Simpson 11 Jun 2013

    June sees a number of employment law changes coming into force that will affect employers’ policies and procedures. Employers must...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Tribunal provides guidance on agency workers and Swedish derogation

    by Stephen Simpson 30 Jan 2013
    by Stephen Simpson 30 Jan 2013

    An employment tribunal has provided guidance on the use of the “Swedish derogation” model, under which agency workers can sign...

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    Christmas party punch-ups: were these fair dismissals?

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Dec 2012
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Dec 2012

    How would you deal with an employee who gets into a brawl with a colleague at the Christmas party, when...

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