Stephenson Harwood Employment Podcast

In this podcast we discuss tricky issues for employers when managing sickness absence and provide practical guidance on how to deal with an employee who is off sick.

In this podcast we look at the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new law coming into force across Europe on 25 May 2018. We will look at the significance of GDPR and focus on how it will impact employers.

In this podcast we look at whistleblowing claims and give some practical tips for employers on how to deal with whistleblowing issues in the workplace.

In this podcast we discuss tricky issues for employers when managing a disciplinary process, including: the role of a companion; covert recording by employees; suspension of employees; cross examining witnesses by individuals; and confidentiality and anonymity of those participating in the investigation.

We look at the practical implications for employers of three recent Court of Appeal decisions, focussing on: what employers need to do to ensure that notice of termination is delivered effectively; key issues when dismissing employees following long term sickness absence; and when resistance to organisational change can constitute gross misconduct.

We discuss subject access requests and give practical tips for employers on how to deal with such requests from current and former employees. We also take a look at the key points on subject access requests that came out of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing.

In this episode we discuss the new gender pay gap reporting regime that came into force on 6 April this year.