Employment Law Matters
By Daniel Barnett
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Are you an HR Professional or employment lawyer? Do you love employment law? Employment Law Matters is presented by London employment law barrister Daniel Barnett. You'll learn how to deal with tricky, practical, employment law and HR issues in regular, weekly, bite-sized chunks.
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250 Not much happened this week
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May 11, 2026 |
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249 Detriments and stuff
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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248 Employment Tribunal Statistics
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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247 Trade Union Access
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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246 It’s this week…
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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245 Sneaky record-keeping for holiday pay
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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244 Compensation Limits and Third Party Harassment
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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243 ERA Revenue Toolkit
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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242 Statutory Sick Pay + Revenue Opportunities
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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241 Collective Redundancy Consultation
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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213 And the Act goes live...
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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212 A Quiet Week
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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211 Employment Rights Act Update
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Breaking - Unfair Dismissal Compensation Cap
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Where does HR earn its money? [bonus episode]
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Will Artificial Intelligence replace HR? [bonus episode]
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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S9E14 - Bonus - Virtual Employment Law Academy lowdown
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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S10 E13 - Dismissals for absence, and yet more on witness familiarisation
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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S10 E12 - Director's duties, plus more on witness familiarisation
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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S10 E11 - Recruitment and witness familiarisation
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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S10 E10 - Employment tribunal procedure, and more tricky redundancy issues
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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S10 E09 - Setting goals, dismissing problem employees, and tricky redundancy issues
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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S10 E08 - Constructive Dismissal, why we sabotage ourselves, and more GDPR
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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S10 E07 - More employee privacy & GDPR
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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S10 E06 - Employee privacy, workplace burnout & resilience, and a day in the life of a trade union lawyer
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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SE10 E05 - Acas Early Conciliation, Workplace Burnout and Resilience (part 1), and A Day in the Life of a Trade Union Lawyer (part 1)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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SE10 E04 - Grievances (part 2) and Criminal Record checks (part 2)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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S10 E03 - Grievances (part1), Criminal Record Checks (part 1), Dealing with Employee theft and fraud, and Holiday Pay and Reducing Hours
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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S10 E02 - Tricky Compensation Issues, What a Barristers' Clerk does (part 2) and Part Year Workers
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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S10 E01 - Changing Terms & Conditions, What a Barristers' Clerk Does (part 1) and Victimisation
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode: Employee Mental Health Issues - How to Help
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode: Neonatal Leave
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Replay - Top 5 SOSR dismissals
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: Higgs v Farmor’s School
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Replay - Why Verbal Warnings Annoy me
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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S9E12 - Tribunal Bundles
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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S9E11 - Problem Employees
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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S9E10 - Answering your questions
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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S9E09 - Handling resignations
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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S9E08 - TUPE
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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S9E07 - How HR can build its business credibility
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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S9E06 - Managing Career Breaks
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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S9E05 - Tenders
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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S9E04 - Menopause and Disability Discrimination
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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S9E03 - Shareholder Disputes: Golden Rules
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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S9E02A - Bonus episode - Interview on Sexual Harassment at Work with Claire Armstrong
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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S9E02 - The New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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S9E01 - Britain's Most Hated Employment Lawyer
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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S9E0 Employment Rights Bill | Initial Analysis
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Replay - Making an Occupational Health Referral
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Replay - Ten Top Tips for Case Management Hearings (with Michael Salter)
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Replay - Being a Good Witness (with Sean Jones KC)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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S8E10 - Top Tips on Managing Employee Expenses
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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S8E09 - Amending Tribunal Claims
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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S8E08 - Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace
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May 27, 2024 |
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S8E07 - The Right to Disconnect
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May 20, 2024 |
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S8E06 - Agency Workers
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May 13, 2024 |
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S8E05 - Age Discrimination
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May 06, 2024 |
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S8E04 - How to Protect Your Business from Departing Employees
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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S8E03 - Spotting the Liar in a Workplace Investigation
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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S8E02 - Unfair Dismissal pitfalls
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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S8E01 - Are you ready for April 2024?
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Season 8 coming soon...
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Bonus episode: The Colour Purple, the Actress, and her Anti-Gay Beliefs
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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S7E10 - What is malingering and how do you spot it?
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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S7E09 - Returning From Maternity Leave
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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S7E08 - Defending Sex Discrimination Claims
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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S7E07 - TUPE: Part Three
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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S7E06 - TUPE: Part Two
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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S7E05 - TUPE: Part One
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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S7E04 - Zero Hours Contracts
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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S7E03 - Criminal Offences Arising from Social Media Misuse
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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S7E02 - Holiday Pay
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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S7E01 - Heat of the Moment Dismissals
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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S7E0 - Season 7 coming soon...
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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S6E12 - Performance Dismissals (with Saul Margo)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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S6E11 - Health and Safety (with Gus Baker)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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S6E10 - Disability Discrimination (with Karen Jackson)
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May 29, 2023 |
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S6E9 - Whistleblowing (with Tom Croxford KC)
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May 22, 2023 |
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S6E8 - Conduct Dismissals (with Imogen Egan)
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May 15, 2023 |
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S6E7 - Grievances (with Darren Newman)
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May 08, 2023 |
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S6E6 - Employee Data, Monitoring and Privacy (with Jeremy Scott-Joynt)
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May 01, 2023 |
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S6E5 - Union Recognition and Collective Bargaining (with Sarah Fraser-Butlin)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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S6E4 - Time Limits (with Rebecca Tuck KC)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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S6E3 - Restrictive Covenants (with Adam Solomon KC)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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S6E2 - Mental Health at Work (with Jodie Hill)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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S6E1 - Tribunal Procedure (with Jude Shepherd)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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S5E11 - Top Wellbeing Tips for Lawyers
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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S5E10 - Stupid Tribunal Applications (with Michael Salter)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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S5E9 - Flexible Working (with Rebecca Tuck KC)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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S5E8 - Life as a Law Centre Advisor (with Audrey Ludwig)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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S5E7 - Grievances about Grievances (with Simon Stephen)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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S5E6 - Constructive Dismissal (with Marc Jones)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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S5E5 - Social Media and Free Speech at Work (with Gus Baker)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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S5E4 - Life as a Trade Union Official (with Tristan Ashby)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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S5E3 - Tricky Issues with Pregnancy and Maternity Rights (with Betsan Criddle KC)
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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S5E2 - Reasonable Adjustments (with Kate Lea)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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S5E1 - Harassment (with Paul Livingston)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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S4E10 - Being a Good Witness (with Sean Jones QC)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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S4E9 - Life as an HR Consultant (with Donna Negus)
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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S4E8 - What next for the theory and practice of HRM? (with Professor Roger Seifert)
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May 30, 2022 |
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S4E7 - Employment Disputes in the MetaVerse (with Tarun Tawakley)
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May 23, 2022 |
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S4E6 - Landmark Cases in Labour Law (with Professors Alan Bogg and Anne Davies)
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May 16, 2022 |
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S4E5 - Paperless Working (with Michael Salter)
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May 09, 2022 |
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S4E4 - Employment Background Checks (with Mike Clyne)
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May 02, 2022 |
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S4E3 - Definition of Disability (with Karen Jackson)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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S4E2 - Workplace Mediation (with Antony Sendall)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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S4E1 - Managing an Occupational Health Referral (with Gillian Howard)
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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S3E10 - Ten Top Tips for Case Management Hearings (with Michael Salter)
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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S3E9 - Long Covid and Occupational Health (with Anna Harrington)
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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S3E8 - When does TUPE apply?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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S3E7 - Flexible Working (with Jason Braier)
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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S3E6 - Restrictive Covenants (with Jeremy Scott-Joynt)
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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S3E5 - Views from a Regional Employment Judge (with REJ Wade)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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S3E4 - What is a repudiatory breach?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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S3E3 - Age Discrimination (with Naomi Ling)
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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S3E2 - Menopause (with Amanda Steadman)
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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S3E1 - What is a Reasonable Adjustment?
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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S3E0 - Season 3 Coming Soon - here's what's in it...
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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S2E13 - Dismissal for refusing vaccination: fair or unfair?
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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S2E12 - Dismissing pregnant women who refuse vaccination
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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S2E11 - Is there an obligation to Furlough?
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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S2E10 - Whistleblowing: What is 'Public Interest'?
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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S2E9 - Holiday Pay (with Andrew Allen QC)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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S2E8 - Employment Tribunal Decisions
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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S2E7 - Eight Tips to win an Employment Tribunal
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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S2E6 - Gig Economy Workers
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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S2E5 - Grievances (an interview with Darren Newman)
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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S2E4 - Q&A session
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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S2E3 - An interview with Michael Rubenstein
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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S2E2 - Employment Tribunal Procedure Q&A (with Jude Shepherd)
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May 30, 2021 |
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S2E1 - Ten Misconceptions about Employment Tribunals (with Michael Salter)
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May 25, 2021 |
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S1E85 - End of Season One
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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S1E84 - Sex & Maternity Discrimination (with Gareth Brahams)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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S1E82 - Covid-19 in the Workplace (with Caspar Glyn)
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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S1E81 - Age Discrimination (with Deshpal Panesar QC)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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S1E80 - Cross-Border Issues (with Sarah Crowther QC)
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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S1E79 - Disability Discrimination (with Karen Jackson)
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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S1E83 - Mental Health in the Workplace (with Jodie Hill)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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S1E78 - Health & Safety (with Gus Baker)
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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S1E77 - My Review of 2020
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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S1E76 - Two Recent Discrimination Cases
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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S1E75 - Unfair Dismissal: Three Recent Cases
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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S1E74 - Dress Codes Revisited
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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S1E73 - Redundancy and the alternative trial work period
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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S1E72 - Unfair v Wrongful Dismissal
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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S1E71 - Is your Employee Monitoring Unlawful?
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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S1E70 - Data Protection - New Guidance on SARs
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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S1E69 - Public Sector Exit Payments
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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S1E68 - Changing Terms & Conditions after a TUPE Transfer
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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S1E67 - The Menopause
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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S1E66 - Social Media Dismissals
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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S1E65 - A Cornucopia of Miscellany
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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S1E64 - Can a Disciplinary Process be a 'Last Straw'?
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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S1E63 - Dismissing without following Procedures
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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S1E62 - Age Discrimination
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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S1E61 - GDPR Two Years On - Part Two
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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S1E60 - GDPR Two Years On - Part One
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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S1E59 - Part-Time Workers
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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S1E58 - Unconscious Bias: My training story
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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S1E57 - Recent Unfair Dismissal Cases
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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S1E56 - Defrauding the CJRS
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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S1E55 - Covid-19 and Anxiety in the Workplace
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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S1E54 - Why Verbal Warnings Annoy Me
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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S1E53 - Preparing for Homeworking
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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S1E52 - Imposing Changes to Terms and Conditions
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May 27, 2020 |
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S1E51 - LBC Radio Q&A (broadcast live 13 May 2020)
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May 15, 2020 |
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S1E50 - Getting Investigations Right
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May 14, 2020 |
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S1E49 - Notice Pay while on Furlough
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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S1E48 - Sneak preview: Whistleblowing
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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S1E47 - Sneak Preview: Employment Status
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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S1E46 - Sneak preview: Health & Safety Dismissals
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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S1E45 - Q&A
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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S1E44 - Furlough: Three Outstanding Issues
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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S1E43 - Furlough: Updated Guidance
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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S1E42 - Coronavirus: LBC Radio Q&A
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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S1E41 - Coronavirus: Taking Annual Leave on Furlough
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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S1E40 - Handling Employee Bereavement
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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S1E39A - Furlough Leave 2
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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S1E39 - Employment Law Changes - April 2020
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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S1E38B - National Broadcast on Employment Law
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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S1E38A - Furlough Leave - Bonus Episode
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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S1E38 - Sending Staff Home
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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S1E37 - Coronavirus: an LBC Special
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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S1E36 - Defending a Sex Harassment claim – Part 2
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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S1E35 - Coronavirus
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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S1E34 - Defending a Sex Harassment claim – Part 1
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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S1E33A - Policies 2020
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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S1E33 - Non Disclosure Agreements
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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S1E32 - Two Supreme Court Cases for 2020
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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S1E31 - Flexible Working
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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S1E30 - Stress at Work
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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S1E29 - Apprentices
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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S1E28 - Making an Occupational Health Referral
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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S1E27 - Constructive Dismissal
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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S1E26 - Performance Management
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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S1E25 - Covert recording of meetings
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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S1E24 - What to do if you receive a tribunal claim
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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S1E23 - Criminal records
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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S1E22 - Protecting an Employer's Reputation
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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S1E21 - Dress codes
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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S1E20A - Bonus: Quiz Results from Vegetarianism and Philopsophical Beliefs
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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S1E20 - Vegetarianism and Philosophical Belief
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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S1E19 - Giving notice
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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S1E18 - A couple of cases on harassment
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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S1E17 - Disrupting Disciplinaries
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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S1E16 - Employees who go AWOL
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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S1E15 - Without Prejudice and Professional Privilege
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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S1E14 - Two Recent Cases on TUPE
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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S1E13 - Predicted Brexit changes
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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S1E12 - What, exactly, is 'Fair'?
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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S1E11 - Requests to Drop Sexual Harassment Allegations
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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S1E10 - When will Alternative Employment be 'Suitable'?
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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S1E9 - Will Tribunal Fees be Brought Back?
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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S1E8 - Tips for Giving Evidence
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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S1E7 - Valuing a Claim
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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S1E6 - Unfair Dismissal Time Limit Extensions
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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S1E5 - Private Life and Social Media
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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S1E4 - Giving References: Can you? Should you?
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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S1E1 - Can we suspend that Employee?
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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S1E2 - Holiday Pay Conundrums
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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S1E3 - Top Five SOSR Dismissals
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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Trailer
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Jul 16, 2019 |