Employment Lawyer In Your Pocket

Simon, Jack and Duncan discuss Bruce’s situation. Bruce is employed as a scientist. His employer receives an anonymous complaint. Tony, the Managing Director, chooses to investigate the complaint and then instructs his HR Manager to dismiss Bruce.

Simon, Donna and Jack discuss Bruce. Bruce is employed as a scientist. He makes a serious error in his job and his employers are considering whether or not that error amounts to gross misconduct. Ultimately Bruce’s employers choose to do nothing with him on the basis of his early admission, his reflection and his remorse. However the following week, an anonymous complaint is received by his employ...

In this episode, Simon and Jack discuss Bruce. Bruce is a scientist. He has been employed for 19 years. Clean disciplinary record. His job involves dispensing drugs for his employer. One day, Bruce makes an error and mistakenly mixes up the drug dosages. Fortunately, Bruce’s employer picks up this mistake and the pills are not sent out. However, Bruce’s employer is angry that this mistake has been...

Happy New Year for 2019! In the final episode of season four *sobs uncontrollably*, Simon and Jack review last year’s highlights and discuss what to look out for in 2019, including the Ali and Hextall appeals and The Taylor Review. Although this has clearly been recorded last year, see if you can spot the team’s fibs about their respective Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations! And we look forward t...

Simon, Jack and Donna unwrap in "The One With All The Christmas Films". The employment lawyers cover acts of harassment, potential defences to discrimination and their favourite "Christmas" movies. Not sure if James Bond counts as one but we're willing to score it 007 because we're feeling extra "Santa-mental"... Simon gives us his Three Takeaway Tips and "The World Is Not Enough" without another...

Does travelling to work or being on call count as working time? Listen to ELiYP Season 4 Ep 6 to find out!

Simon and Jack are secured by Ruth in "The One With The Potential Data Breach". The employment lawyers cover what constitutes a data breach, examples of employee breaches and what you can do to prevent one. Simon gives out his password *slaps face* As does Jack *slaps another face* And there are some dodgy pronunciations - DATa or data, PRIVacy or privacy. Finally, Ruth gives her Three Takeaway Ti...

 Simon and Jack are joined by Diva Donna in "The One With the glitterball and fake tan". The employment lawyers discuss bullying at work. They cover examples of harassment, the legislation and Donna Cha Cha Challenges Simon on protected characteristics. Jack makes a few jives and Donna 'taps' out her Three Takeaway Tips. 

Season 4, episode 3:  Simon and Jack get lit in "The One With the drunken Christmas party". The employment lawyers discuss the case of Bellman against Northampton Recruitment Ltd. They cover vicarious liability, the court of appeal outcome and Jack 'sleighs' his impersonations. Simon's Three Takeaway Tips are Snow joke. Ps. Don't forget to listen after the jingle!

Jack and Simon take the plunge and ask Blair to join them in "The One With The Pimlico Plumbers".  The employment lawyers discuss the difference between being able to classify a worker as self-employed or an employee. They 'unblock' contracts, entitlements and the case of Mr Smith and the plumbing & heating engineers.

The award-winning Employment Team are back with their first episode of Season 4 - could we BE anymore excited? "The One With The Bert & Ernie Cake" sees Jack and Simon talking about the case between a same-sex couple and a couple of bakers who accepted (then refused) their cake order. They cover discrimination law, Supreme Court decisions and just how much Jack is willing to spend on a cake! Don't...

The foursome are back for the finale of Season 3! Duncan, Jack, Ruth and Simon all answer a question from Bruce Clark Printers "How do I stop employees from swearing?"...

Simon, Jack and Duncan are in "high spirits" as they answer a question from DM Roofing "Tell me how you deal with an employee who prefers gin to their job?".  The employment lawyers discuss what an employer should do and how to differentiate between sickness and misconduct. They use real case examples and give their  3 essential take away tips.

Season 3, episode 6:  Ruth joins Simon & Jack to answer a question from Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce "Tell me what consequences there are for an employer when an employee leaks personal information".  The team cover data protection rules, vicarious liability and a real case. Thrown into the mix is some interesting catchphrases. Remember to listen out for their 3 take away tips at the end - t...

Simon & Jack answer a question from Lynn Polkey "what's the storey with Polkey? The employment lawyers cover the Polkey case and redundancy procedures. As well as this they talk about the Polkey exception and Polkey reduction. Simon gives us his 3 take away tips and Jacks got a jammy joke!

Simon, Jack & Duncan answer a question "tell me how to deal with a part-time employee (5hrs/week) that doesn't want to take any holidays?". They cover holiday entitlement, holiday notice and overtime.

Does GDPR stand for the Great Dead Pool Release this week? Or is it something else? In this week’s podcast, the Employment Lawyers answer the question “Tell Me How To Process Employee Information". They also discuss how to pronounce the word “data” and “privacy” And if you listen to the end, you will hear Jack’s terrible superhero joke...

Simon and Jack answer a question from Jason Condie of Condies Accountants & Advisers, “Tell me how to ensure that a conversation between employer and employee remains without prejudice & can’t be relied on by either side?”. The two discuss “without prejudice” discussions which require an existing dispute between employer and employee and the newer pre-termination negotiations. There is also some F...

Simon, Jack and Duncan answer a question from Calum Anderson, Influx Recruitment,“What questions can be asked during an interview? And what questions should be avoided?”. The employment lawyers cover discrimination, criminal convictions and the ACAS Guide. There may or may not be impressions of Yoda. And

Simon, Jack and Richard all join up for the last episode of season 2. The guys answer a tweet from Vital Hike 'how to keep control over your employee?'. They cover Christmas parties, work trips and give example of real cases. As well as this Jacks give us his top 3 take away tips. Remember to listen after the music to see if you can work out what Richards theme tune is...we can't!

Simon, Jack and Ruth answer a tweet from Avian 'do I need to appoint a data protection officer (DPO)?' . They cover who needs it, who can  be a DPO and give examples of cases. There's also some interesting theme tunes and a bit of the Simpsons banter thrown in!

Simon & Richard answer a tweet from Big Man Talking 'should you record a formal meeting with a manager on your mobile phone?'. They cover legislation, real cases and Richard gives us his top 3 tips.  As well as this Richard does an impression of J. Boyle...(if you can work out who that is?) and tries to get his twitter followers up. Also why does Simon have an Australian Siri?

Simon & Jack answer a tweet from Henderson Loggie Chartered Accountants 'Do apprentices have different rights to employees? If so what's the difference?' .  Jack gives us his top 3 tips whilst Simon reveals his favourite ...and worst apprentice!! We would be delighted if you would be able to provide us with some feedback by leaving a comment at the bottom of our podcast page. Thanks for listening!

Simon & Richard respond to a tweet by Elevator asking 'do you encourage your employees to use social media?'. They discuss a cautionary case and Richards top tips are definitely worth noting down. Simon's hashtags (#'s) are a bit dubious... but they will definitely give you a few laughs!! We would be delighted if you would be able to provide us with some feedback by leaving a comment at the bottom...

Simon and Jack are joined by Blackadders, Senior Solicitor in Corporate & Commercial law, Ruth Weir.  They respond to an email by the BIG Partnership 'Who owns intellectual property created during employment?'. They cover Copyright, Trademarks and Rights to IP. In addition to this Ruth gives her Top Tips. Which "poem" did you like best and do you think Ruth will ever return to ELiYP?