Terry Gorry It happens the best of us, you know. The botched workplace investigation Do you worry about the disciplinary procedures in your workplace? Have you been told about the eye watering, stomach churning awards when the inevitable unfair dismissal claim comes on for adjudication? Let’s be honest. A badly executed workplace investigation can prove to be … Read more
“Duty of care” is a phrase that you will hear bandied about often. What does it mean, though? What is the extent of that duty of care? What happens if an employer is in breach of that duty? Let’s take a look, shall we? It is well settled law that an employer owes a … Read more
My past life in retailing flashed before me recently. Before I became a solicitor I spent about 20 years in retailing, developing, running and selling my own retail businesses. I came across a few instances of theft from me by employees, including one large one when a pound was a pound. Recently, I was contacted … Read more
*Sigh* Yes, I admit it. It’s trite and glib and a cliché to say that “timing is everything”. You’ve heard it before, and from all types of people, in a variety of circumstances. But it’s true. Because the veracity of the statement was never clearer to me than when 3 employees came to me for … Read more
Tyco was a Spanish security firm who closed all their regional offices across Spain in 2011. This meant that the employees did not have a fixed place of employment and had to travel to all their jobs to install security equipment. The workers brought a case to the Court of Justice of the European Union … Read more