Stephenson Harwood Employment Podcast

In this month's podcast, we welcome associate Adam Cooke to the team and discuss the practical implications for employers arising from several recent cases. This podcast will have a particular focus on the pitfalls arising from the wording of employment contracts and policies particularly in the context of benefit schemes, investigations, disciplinary action or the potential dismissal of an employee.   We also provide an update on Morrisons’ appeal to the Supreme Court against the finding of vicarious liability for the data protection breaches of a rogue employee. 

In this month's podcast, we discuss the topic of whistleblowing.

In this month's podcast, we take a look at the topic of redundancy and the more complicated questions received from employers, including how to deal with part-time and fixed-term workers in a redundancy process, "bumping", redundancy and TUPE and how an employer should treat long-term absent employees during a redundancy process.

In this month's podcast, we take a look at the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, which is being extended to all FCA authorised firms on 9 December this year. Partner Purvis Ghani and senior associate Richard Freedman give an overview of the regime and discuss the practical implications for employers including changes to contracts of employment, issues arising from termination and the regulatory reference regime.

In this month's podcast, the first of an occasional international series highlighting the work of our overseas offices, Partner Anne Pritam and associate Nic Mangan take a bird's eye view of some of the key points of interest for companies with operations, or who are considering setting up, in the Middle East.

Welcome to the latest in our series of employment law podcasts. In our final podcast of 2018, we look back at the key developments of this year and look ahead at what is to come in 2019. The topics we focus on include whistleblowing, the gig economy, notice of termination, employer’s vicarious liability and the impact of the #MeToo movement on the workplace.

In this podcast Kate Brearley, partner Kiersten Lucas and associate Natalie Edwards, look at what employers can and should do if they suspect an employee or former employee is, or is planning to engage in, competitive activity.

In this month's podcast we will discuss legal professional privilege in the context of internal investigations carried out into criminal, regulatory and sensitive disciplinary issues. 

This month's podcast is the third in a mini-series on employee competition which coincides with the new edition of 'Employment Covenants and Confidential Information: Law, Practice and Technique' (Bloomsbury), co-written and co-edited by Stephenson Harwood employment partner Kate Brearley and Selwyn Bloch QC of Littleton Chambers. In this podcast Kate Brearley, employment partner Kiersten Lucas, who leads our Middle East employment team, and senior associate Richard Freedman, discuss some of the key issues employers should consider when introducing or varying restrictive covenants.

In this month's podcast, we look at five recent cases and their practical implications for employers.

In this podcast- the first podcast from our specialist immigration law team- we discuss Tier 2 Sponsor duties and what steps employers can take to ensure they are fully Home Office compliant.

In this episode, Barbara Allen, head of employee incentives here at Stephenson Harwood and guest, Tania Bearryman, head of performance and reward management at Intertrust, the global trust, fund and corporate service provider are interviewed by our employment associate Richard Freedman. We find out the answers to the important questions facing employers around funding end-of-service gratuity under the UAE Labour Law.

This month's podcast is the second in a mini-series on employee competition which coincides with the new edition of 'Employment Covenants and Confidential Information: Law, Practice and Technique' (Bloomsbury), co-written and co-edited by Stephenson Harwood employment partner Kate Brearley and Selwyn Bloch QC of Littleton Chambers. In this podcast we will discuss the drafting of restrictive covenants and key points employers should consider at the start of an employment relationship. 

In this month's podcast, we take a look at five recent employment cases and the practical implications for employers.

Sexual harassment has had significant press coverage in recent times. It is important for employers to understand what constitutes sexual harassment and the legal and practical issues they may face. In this month's podcast, we will be discussing sexual harassment. 

In this podcast we look at some key terms to include in employment contracts at the outset of employment to protect the business from competition during employment and from preparatory steps to compete after employment has ended.

With the deadline fast approaching and many organisations having already published or preparing to publish their first reports, we take a look at gender pay gap reporting.

In this podcast we will be tackling some of the key issues around the operation of TUPE. 

In our final podcast of 2017, we look back at the key employment law developments this year and look ahead to 2018.

In this month's case round up, we look at three recent court decisions and their practical implications for employers, focussing on: whistleblowing and unfair dismissal; disciplinary procedures; and restrictive covenants.