Author: Terry Gorry
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Employers’ Liability in Negligence Claims-the Essentials
“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…
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How to Deal With Fraud in the Workplace from an Employment Law Perspective
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…
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Timing is Critical for Employees Seeking to Stand Up For Their Employment Rights
*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…
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Is Travelling to Work Working Time? The Tyco Case
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…
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2 Surprising Employment Hearing Stories That Should Make You Think Twice About Representation
Stunned. I was absolutely flummoxed. I couldn’t believe my luck. It was the morning of an EAT hearing and I was there early to speak to my client. My client was the employer and the claim against him was brought by a former employee for constructive dismissal. Constructive dismissal is a difficult case to win.…