Can calling someone bald amount to harassment?
What is the case about? In the case of Mr A Finn v The British Bung Manufacturing Company Ltd, the employment tribunal considered whether a bald man was subjected to sex related harassment in the workplace by his line manager or whether the name calling was an insult which did not meet the threshold of […]
What makes a dismissal fair?
In this article we discuss what makes a fair dismissal. We look at the 5 potentially fair reasons for dismissal, the importance of policies and procedures, consistent treatment, and what is meant by the phrase “band of reasonable responses”. The legal test The Employment Rights Act 1996, section 98 (4) (ERA) sets out the statutory […]
Minimising Risk – Disciplinary Hearings
HR Solutions recently presented a free webinar providing guidance on how to conduct the perfect disciplinary investigation. You can watch recordings of all of our minimising risk webinars, on demand, at our HR Webinars Archive. If during a disciplinary investigation meeting, the employee was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for their behaviour and there […]