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Discrimination Arising from Disability – Pilkington UK Ltd v Jones
Pilkington UK Ltd v Jones has just made its way through the employment appeal tribunal and is an interesting case that…
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EAT Judgment: Fire Brigades Union v Mr P Embery
The Fire Brigades Union has just won it's appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The case has a couple of really…
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Employment Law Update – Carer’s Leave & New Acts
Suzanne updates us on the latest information regarding Carer's leave and new acts.
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The Hallmarks of a Fair Redundancy
The Vista team walk quickfire through the fundamentals of ensuring your Redundancy process is a fair one.
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Investigating Claims of Sexual Harassment
Investigating claims of sexual harassment can be complex and particularly sensitive. We got together with Abayomi Alemoru, a high profile investigator…
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P&O Ferries: What’s Going On & What Employment Law Lessons Can We Learn?
The news is rife with the announcement that P&O Ferries have sacked 800 workers without notice. Stephen takes a quick look…
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Covid-19 Vaccinations: Recording Data & GDPR
Lots of our clients have been asking about recording vaccination data and GDPR. Its an interesting question, so we spent some…
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Employers Right to Test for Covid-19
The Government has announced that firms with more than 50 staff members will now be eligible for COVID testing in their…
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Covid-19 Vaccinations and Employers Rights
As the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination continues, it raises an interesting question for employers. Can employers make the vaccination a…
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VIDEO: Managing an Influx of Flexible Working Requests (Post Covid 19)
What are the key things to think about when managing an influx of post-Covid 19 flexible working requests? Abayomi Alemoru, Director…
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How to Run a Remote Disciplinary Hearing
What are the things we need to think about when running a remote disciplinary hearing? The legal requirements can be boiled…
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How to Diagnose Performance Problems when Working from Home
Here’s our technique for diagnosing performance problems in your team when working remotely. It will help your managers diagnose what might…
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Unfair Dismissal & The Role of an Investigator
This month we are looking at the tribunal case of Uddin v London Borough of Ealing. This case was heard by…
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What if my Employment Tribunal Witness has Left the Business?
Stephen Foster answers a series of FAQ’s about the employment tribunal process. We cover; what to do when your witness has…
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What to Do When an Employee is Off Sick with a Pending Investigation
Often employees think that by getting themselves signed off sick they can avoid disciplinary proceedings. As HR professionals, we know that…
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Dismissal During Probation due to Sickness: What Can Employers Do?
Probationary periods and sickness absence are not two ingredients that make for a smooth employment relationship. Whether employers can dismiss during…
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Managing Sickness Absence and Ill Health: Not the Best Person for the Job
Senior Employment Lawyer at Vista, Claire Rosney answers a frequently asked question from Vista HQ: Do employers have to offer an…
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Should Employers Offer Full Pay on a Phased Return to Work?
Do you have to pay an employee on a phased return full pay? Suzanne Pipe discusses in this short video.
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Managing Sickness Absence: Too Ill to Talk?
Managing an ill health situation where an employee says they are too ill to talk, or attend meetings requires a careful…
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Employment Tribunal Awards & How to Reduce Them
Tim Cross talks the ways in which employer can reduce employment tribunal awards.
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How to Harmonise your HR Policies
Many of you have told us that harmonising hr policies is on your list for the coming year, so we thought…
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A Guideline on Employee Record Retention
Article 5 of the GDPR states that personal data shall be kept no longer than is necessary for the purposes for…
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Ballots for Industrial Action: Mitigating the Effects
Once you have a compliant ballot, and the Union has gone through all the prescribed rules and requirements, you need to…
Read moreBallots for Industrial Action: A Non-Compliant Ballot
As an employer, if you are confident that the strike isn’t compliant and that the trade union haven’t got legal immunity…
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Ballots for Industrial Action: What Should an Employer do when Confronted with a Ballot?
As we know, industrial relations can enable an organisations progress but also impede it or even block and cause harm. In…
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How to Introduce New HR Policies into your Organisation
Lots of value can come from introducing the right HR policies into a business at the right time. Organisations who ‘get…
Read moreDignity at Work – Meet our Dignity Dinosaurs
Dignity at work is a complex and emotional topic and has become one of the toughest training challenges for Learning and…
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GDPR for HR: 3 Things Employers Need to Know
Karnis and Tim discuss three GDPR tasks that need to be top of HR’s agenda before 25th May 2018.
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Managing Football Fans During the World Cup
On the horizon of World Cup season, rather than focussing on the football we look at how HR professionals can manage…
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Do you have to Enhance Shared Parental Pay?
The case of Hextall vs Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police has raised serious questions around enhanced maternity pay, and shared parental…
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How to Prepare for an Employment Tribunal
Employment tribunal claims have risen by 90% since the abolition of employment tribunal fees in July 2017. The rise has led…
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Section 188: When Does the Obligation to Collectively Consult Apply?
Tim Cross, Vista’s Director of Employment and Legal Affairs talks us through when Section 188 applies.
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How to Win an Employment Tribunal
Let’s face it, no employer wants to lose an employment tribunal. Abi Alemoru, Director of Litigation at Vista spends 2 minutes…
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The Top 3 Questions we Always get Asked About: Employment Tribunals
Abi, our Director of Litigation answers your top questions about the employment tribunal.
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TUPE Transfers: What are the key considerations for the Transferor?
As a transferor in a TUPE situation, it might be unclear what your obligations are. Tim answers a couple of key…
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TUPE Transfers: What are the key considerations for the Transferee?
If you find yourself in the role of transferee in a TUPE situation, it’s time to think commercially about the new…
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TUPE Transfers: Will TUPE apply when I win a new contract?
Try not to be fooled by your colleagues (even if its all of them!) saying that TUPE doesn’t apply for this…
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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…
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Redundancy Advice for Employers: The Top Five Questions We Always Get Asked
Vista’s employment lawyers provide redundancy advice to our clients regularly, so, we spent an afternoon on the sofa with Tim Cross,…
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