Yvonne Saxon is our Head of HR, Diversity and Inclusion at Vista Employer Services. Yvonne took time out to pen a guest blog for our friends at Adam Recruitment, to…
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Things to Consider when Suspending an Employee
So, you’re thinking about suspending an employee. Before you send them off on a paid holiday, it’s important to ensure suspension is the right way to go. It’s a big…
Employment Law Update – April 2019
Spring is officially in bloom, and we’re bringing you a few cases that haven’t quite been a walk in the park. This month the cases focus on making fresh connections;…
Questioning Techniques to Use During Workplace Investigations: Tips (and a sandwich) for your Managers
When we’re supporting our clients with a workplace investigation, we find that there are three things most managers struggle with: • They aren’t clear about what it is they are…
Employment Law Update – March 2019
This month we have a selection of employment tribunal cases which focus on the reasons that sit behind employers’ decisions, because when it comes to employment law, it is often…
Tricky Dismissals: What to do when an Employee can’t Engage in the Process
Here’s the fifth and final scenario in our Managing Tricky Dismissals series: five short blogs where we look at complex dismissal issues and how to approach them. “What happens when…
Tricky Dismissals: ‘The Serial Grievance Raiser’
Here’s the fourth in our Managing Tricky Dismissals series: five short blogs where we look at complex dismissal issues and how to approach them. “What happens when, during a formal…
Tricky Dismissals: The Sick Employee who is Refusing to Co-operate
Here’s the third in our Managing Tricky Dismissals series: five short blogs where we look at complex dismissal issues and how to approach them. Scenario three: “An employee has gone…
Tricky Dismissals: ‘The Unusual Under-performer’
Here’s the second in our Managing Tricky Dismissals series: five short blogs where we look at complex dismissal issues and how to approach them. Here’s scenario two: ‘An employee’s performance…
Tricky Dismissals: ‘The Suspected Thief Blaming it on a Medical Condition’
Welcome to the first in our Managing Tricky Dismissals series: five short blogs where we look at complex dismissal issues and how to approach them. As employment tribunal claims continue…