MFMac: Employment Law

In part 2 of our review of the year, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the key employment law issues from June onwards.

In part 1 of a 2 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look back at the earlier part of 2020 and discuss the key employment law developments that made the headlines.

Ruth McCallister talks with Lynda Towers as we count down to 31st December.  What are the likely impacts - on individuals as well as businesses and organisations?

David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about the case of Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover, which found that non-binary employees are covered by the Equality Act and offers a stark warning for employers who fail to adequately support transgender employees

David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about a recent case where the claimant's religious views were found to be protected by the Equality Act but the employer was found not to have discriminated because of those views.

David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about how far employers have to go to explain differences in pay between men and women in equal pay cases

Innes Clark and David Hossack illuminate the recently published Employment Tribunal award statistics.

Marisa Cullen (Family) and Stuart McWilliams (Immigration) discuss international child abduction and the possible immigration issues that can be associated.

In our latest employment podcast, David Hossack and Sarah Gilzean discuss the guidance issued on 10 November in relation to the extended Furlough scheme.  

David Hossack and Lindsey Cartwight consider the extension of the Furlough scheme announced on 5 November and implications flowing from that

The Government 's Job Support Scheme comes into force on 1 November. Significant late changes were made to provide more support for some employers in certain circumstances. These are examined along with the Job Retention Bonus scheme

In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and solicitor, Fiona Meek, discuss the decision of the EAT which held that the decision to dismiss an employee charged with, but not yet convicted of a crime, was fair.

Family law specialists Lucia Clark and Dianne Millen explain the practicalities of getting expert advice if you and your partner are separating during COVID-19 and what to expect, from making initial contact and having a first meeting to what happens at a remote court hearing. Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com

In this week's employment podcast, David Hossack speaks to solicitor advocate, Dr Andrew Gibson, about his experience of virtual hearings before the Employment Tribunal including preliminary hearings, full hearings and judicial mediations.

In the final episode of our redundancy procedure podcast series, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the importance of implementing any redundancy in a humane way and the steps employers can take to help employees through the transition.

In the latest of our "Stuck in the Middle" podcasts mediator David Hossack is joined by guests Sarah Welsh and Kathryn Hilditch from Scottish Mediation to discuss their Peer Mediation initiatives for mediation in schools

In the sixth episode of our redundancy procedure podcast series, David Hossack and Innes Clark discuss the requirement to look for alternative employment including some of the tricky issues that flow from this.

In our latest podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the new Job Support Scheme announced by the Chancellor yesterday afternoon.

In the fifth episode of our redundancy procedure podcast series, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the further consultation steps that an employer needs to take prior to taking any decision to dismiss.

In the fourth episode of our redundancy procedure podcast series, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the do's and don'ts of a redundancy selection matrix.  

In the latest in our series of podcasts on redundancy procedure, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss redundancy pools including what they are and how to go about selecting them.

In the second of a series of podcasts on redundancy procedure, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss how to consult on the business case in a redundancy exercise.

With support for employees via the Job Retention Scheme ending soon, David Walker and David Hossack discuss the options open to employers to try and avoid redundancies

In our latest Employment Law podcast, David Hossack and Alan Delaney discuss the latest guidance from the ICO on how it plans to exercise its regulatory powers under GDPR during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In our weekly employment law podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the key elements of a fair redundancy process.