Employment Rights Online: The Podcast

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi There! This week we continue our mini-series on coercive dismissals by looking at ‘ Whistleblowing Coercive Dismissals’. Whistleblowing declarations are also known as protected disclosures, and are a protected employment right that you have, from day one of your employment, meani...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Okay… grab a cup of tea and a biscuit if you have one, because big news just hit the airwaves and it’s the kind of news that will make you sit up and take notice.   The government announced on 08/07/2025, a ban against your bosses using coercive sneaky non disclosure agreem...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there As we near the end of our mini-series on coercive dismissals, we perhaps come to one of the most coercive and caustic ways in which your boss can get rid of you by using coercive measures. This week, we look at one of the least talked-about areas, which is the use of Settle...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode, we look at the difference between Coercive Constructive Dismissal and Coercive Unfair Dismissal. We also help you with a definition of Coercive Unfair Dismissal and we also take you through some useful employment tribunal cases which you can use to h...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In last week’s episode we looked at Fire and Rehire coercive dismissals. This week, continuing with coercive dismissals, we take a look at constructive dismissals where employers actively force you to leave your job, buy using coercive bad treatment, to make your position u...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Following on from last week’s episode on Coercive Dismissals, this week we’re looking at the damage done by these types of dismissals, and the key points of action to look out for - if you want to challenge a coercive dismissal in an employment tribunal.  It's our view...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Hot off the back of our mini series on the importance of the Mutual Trust and Confidence obligation and the role it plays in building trusting relationships between you and your employer, this week we take a look at the role of Coercive Dismissals as another example of the...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s podcast, we look at how you can challenge Your employer’s decision to dismiss you, if you believe you have been wrongly dismissed for sickness capability reasons. We also look at the extra protections in place, to protect you from unfair sickness capability d...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there This week we continue the theme of looking at your employment rights through the lens of the unwritten term of the duty of mutual trust and confidence; and this week, we look at mutual trust and confidence obligation through the lens of sickness absence and dismissals. We p...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Welcome to this week’s podcast. What happens if your employer says you are underperforming in your job, dismisses you – but it turns out that there is no real evidence of your underperformance. What if you find out that your employer is relying on opinions about your poor p...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Welcome to this week’s podcast. What happens if your employer believes you are continuously underperforming in your job or your role, and your employer believes that everything that could have been done – has been done, but you have not improved? In this week’s podcast epis...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com You may think that once you have been dismissed from your job for alleged dishonesty, that is the end of the road in terms of what you can do to challenge your dismissal. That would not be the case. There are two critical legal cases that support the way you must be treated by your...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, This week we continue looking at cases where employers have accused their staff of breaching the ‘ mutual trust and confidence’  duty, paying particular attention to reputational harm. To explain how this breach can affect you, we use two contrasting employment tribunal ca...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Last week, we podcasted about the new National Minimum and National Living Wage Rates and provided you with the rates, to check against your own wage slips. But, as is tradition when it comes to the new wage rates in April of every year, this podcast episode focuses on the...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi There... This week is national living wage and national Minimum Wage week.  And what this means, is that legally, your employer must - not may, but must increase your hourly rate to the new rates set by the Government. In this week’s episode we take you through your new hourly ra...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode we take a deep dive into what it means when your employer breaches the ‘ Implied Duty of Mutual Trust and Confidence’ term In Your Employment Contracts. This term has huge importance in your contract of employment because it is meant to ensure that bo...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode we look at a recent employment tribunal case that decided a senior manager had been unfairly constructively dismissed because he was moved to an inferior desk at his new office.   We break down what this ‘desk’ issue means for employees and employers,...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Currently, your UK employment rights only recognises the loss of a baby after 24 weeks, as a stillbirth - granting parents up to 56 weeks of maternity leave. But for earlier child losses which affect 1 in 4 pregnancies, parents have had no employment rights - and that is ab...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode we look at the impact of ‘Presenteeism’ in the workplace. Presenteeism refers to the practice of you showing up to work despite being ill, stressed, or otherwise unable to perform at your best. On the surface, it may seem like a sign of dedication and...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In last week’s episode, we introduced you to the ‘What Workers Want Survey’ 2025, and the top 5 key findings from the survey that workers say - encourages them to stay in their jobs. In this week’s episode, we move the discussion on to look at what workers are saying, is th...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode, we take you through the five key observations coming out of the ‘What Workers Want 2025 Survey’. This survey happens every year and provides an insight into how you feel about work, the values you hold about work, what you believe your employer shoul...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s podcast episode, we take you through some really important research that overwhelmingly supports you having improved employment rights… detailed in the forthcoming Employment Rights Bill.  We also include a really positive download from the government, that d...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s podcast episode, we look at the shocking pay differences between workers who are on zero hours contracts – and workers, who are on standard employment contracts. The figures will truly shock you! It's our view, that the more you are able to acquaint your...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode, we look at the government’s growing concerns about the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements or Gagging Orders, to silence victims of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination, whilst hiding perpetrators behind a veil of secrecy which also helps to p...

Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s  podcast episode… we look at a successful employment tribunal case for sex discrimination… which the female employee won because she was not able to express milk whilst at work, because of an absence of suitable facilities for her to do so.   The tribunal agr...