Employment Law – Get It Right!
In this series of short podcasts our Employment team discuss various topics designed to help employers get employment law right.
Join us for practical tips on how employers can reduce the risk of employment tribunal claims. In the first in a series of podcasts designed to help employers navigate tricky employment law issues and get it right, FSP’s head of employment Ian Machray is joined by a former senior associate within the team, to discuss key points employers should bear in mind throughout the lifetime of an employment relationship in order to avoid costly, time-consuming employment litigation.
Episode one:
https://soundcloud.com/user-191727465/employment-law-get-it-right-employment-tribunal-claims
Episode two:
In our second podcast Ian Machray head of employment discusses the key changes in Right to Work with our head of immigration Imelda Reddington. The changes have been fairly constant during the COVID-19 pandemic with adjusted measures in place for the lockdown periods in line with National Guidance. Additionally, since 1 July, new Right To Work checks are in place for EEA nationals, and employers can ask their employees to share their immigration status using the ‘View and Prove’ digital status or an eVisa. Please join us for this informative update on the latest and most recent changes in Right to Work legislation.
Episode three:
Flexible working requests may become more popular due to obvious developments in the last year. In the third podcast in the series, head of employment, Ian Machray, is joined by a former senior associate in the team. This podcast focuses on flexible working requests with Ian providing more insight into eligibility criteria and how employers should handle such requests.
Episode four:
Performance management is crucial to business success and employee engagement but is something that employers often struggle to do well. In the fourth instalment of our ‘get it right’ podcast series, Katie Burley, a senior associate in our employment team, joins head of employment, Ian Machray to discuss how employers can manage performance effectively (and mitigate the risks of a claim in the event of dismissal on performance grounds).
https://soundcloud.com/user-191727465/get-it-right-manage-performance
Episode five:
There is plenty of legislation and information around GDPR, but it remains one of the tricky issues in employment law. In the fifth in a short series of podcasts designed to help employers navigate tricky employment law issues, head of employment, Ian Machray. This podcast focuses on GDPR with Ian and he explains how to get employee data protection right.
Episode six:
When a business has to make redundancies it is crucial to understand the process and get it right from the outset. In the sixth in a short series of podcasts designed to help employers navigate tricky employment law issues, Head of Employment, Ian Machray, is joined by associate in the team, David Clay. This podcast focuses on the redundancy process and David explains the crucial issues that you will need to look out for leading up to redundancies as well as throughout the redundancy process.
Episode seven:
How do you fairly investigate disciplinary issues, who should be the investigator and what about suspension during the investigation? This and more is covered in the seventh podcast episode in the series. Head of Employment, Ian Machray discusses the most important elements of a fair investigation.
