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A  Shaggy Dog Story For Summer Reading There are many reasons for terminating the employment of a carer…medication issues, bad time keeping to name just two, but one recently in the picture was a new development.  Mistreating  the client’s dog. This arose very recently in France and concerns one of the dogs of retired film idol […]

Thought Police Update We previously brought to your attention the case of Maya Forstater who lost out on a job after saying people cannot change their biological sex. We promised to update you on any employment tribunal. At the time we named it the “thought police” case. The history Forstarter had a contract at the […]

Sexist Culture At Work Hits Close To £1 Million Penalty  In line with our policy of bringing employment tribunal results to your attention that stand out from the ordinary, this case marks a new entry into the top awards-the million pound level. It concerns a female former firearms police officer who has been awarded nearly £1million after […]

How The 48 Hour Average  Week Works If you are a long-term employer of domestic staff, you will probably have previously considered how the 48 hours working week affects your working procedures.  On the other hand perhaps you are new or relatively new to the employment of domestic staff, if which case this may well be an […]

Change Is In The Air As an authoritive domestic recruitment agency, we always stress the necessity of providing employees with a contract of employment. But with so many legal changes on the way with some 2000 laws expiring and rewritten,  we thought it useful just to stress some elements of contracts of employment. Obviously the […]

Devout Or In Doubt  In our monitoring of employment tribunals we regularly bring you those which stand out for any number of reasons: awards, dismissals, and those which make you raise your eyebrows. This month’s takes disbelief to a new level!  Many people hold religious beliefs but however devout they may be, it is generally […]

When The Heat Is On  The Met Office issued it’s first ever red weather warning last year as a series of heat waves swept across the UK. In one location, the temperature hit 40.3C, a new record.  Such heatwaves are set to increase in intensity, duration and frequency because of the climate crisis. So as an […]

Why Not Me? Why Not Here? Although the UK is no longer part of the EU, what happens in Europe still often has a knock-on effect on our labour situation. British citizens for instance can see laws being passed on the other side of the channel and ask: Why not here? Why not me? SPAIN […]

Understanding Your Contract As an employee, you, friends and colleagues should all have a written contract. It is important because it helps you understand your role, your responsibities and general rules of behaviour so that you do not make mistakes through misunderstanding. For the same reason it is important that if your job, or parts […]

Holiday Pay Change For Some Staff Perhaps you or a colleague is sometimes –  or always – paid on a casual work basis, perhaps fluctuating seasonally. If so there is an important change to holiday pay soon to take effect. Forwarding this article to any colleague or friend in this situation may help them understand […]