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Interactive disciplinary guide
The countdown continues…less than a week to go until Brodies’ employment team launches a new interactive disciplinary guide. The guide will allows users to navigate easily through a standard...
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Interactive Disciplinary Guide launches today
The Brodies Employment Team continue their innovative BResourceFull online portal with the addition of an interactive disciplinary guide. The guide is free to all BResourceFull members and allows users...
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An employee’s absence from work due to illness or injury is usually not their fault. However, there can be situations where the circumstances which caused the illness were within the employee’s...
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Commonwealth countdown…only 7 days to go!
It’s been a summer of international sporting delights… first the World Cup, then Wimbledon, then the Tour de France and now the Commonwealth Games! Acas issued specific guidance for employers in...
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An unappealing appeal outcome: can you increase a disciplinary sanction on...
Yes, but only if there is an express right to do so in the contract of employment or disciplinary procedure. In McMillan v Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, M received a final written warning for...
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Employment law DIY
Welcome to my new blog. I took a bit of persuading to get started, but with the news that Brodies is fast becoming one of the best legal firms for engagement with social media I decided not to get left...
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Police tackle inappropriate social media use
A BBC report today indicates that police forces in England and Wales are making use of disciplinary action and social media policies to tackle inappropriate use of social media by staff both within and...
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Star in an unseasonably timed fracas – what to do with a ‘Clarkson’ case?
The conduct of Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is in the news again. Even non-viewers of the BBC’s flagship show will have been aware of his lengthy catalogue of misdemeanours, from upset caused to...
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Does an employer require to put a disciplinary process on hold when an...
It depends. In Jinadu v Dockland Buses Limited the employee bus driver was dismissed following disciplinary proceedings arising from complaints that her driving was not of a satisfactory standard....
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