Claim for compensation for stigma thrown out at Employment Tribunal 
                         
It was clear the employer had unfairly dismissed the employee.
 
                     
                    
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                         OFT Guidance for second hand car dealers 
                         
We believe the publishing of this new guidance will turbo charge Trading Standards Departments into enforcement.
 
                     
                    
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                         Latest Employment Tribunal Statistics 
                         
Worryingly there was a 56% increase from the previous year, although the figure is offset by several multiple claims.
 
                     
                    
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                         Collective Agreements 
                         
It is not sufficient to simply ‘tuck it away’. 
 
                     
                    
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                         Health and Safety for young people 
                         
The British Safety council have opened a ‘blog’ with the name ‘Speak up. Stay Safe’, which seeks to help employers taking on young people.  
 
                     
                    
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                         Constructive dismissal by proxy? 
                         
In a recent case (Hunter v Timber Components (UK) Ltd a Director of the employer was intimidating and arrogant towards employees in general. 
 
                     
                    
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                         An even handed approach to all workers during World Cup 
                         
Employers must consider carefully how they apply concessions.
 
                     
                    
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                         Software suppliers ‘get out’ clause was unreasonable 
                         
We have had a number of complaints regarding management systems purchased which have performed very poorly, leaving the dealer to suffer the pain and anguish of trying to work round it. 
 
                     
                    
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                         Conduct Dismissals 
                         
It is important to bear these 2 points in mind when handling cases of dismissal for poor conduct. 
 
                     
                    
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                         Police involvement when dealing with misconduct 
                         
In this case it was an issue of allegations of planting drugs and the disciplinary matter related to the same facts. 
 
                     
                    
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                         Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 
                         
Is it a reasonable adjustment to swap the role of a disabled employee with that of another employee?
 
                     
                    
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                         World Cup ‘Sickness’ 
                         
It is no bad thing to issue a ‘policy’ document on how sickness and holidays will be dealt with. 
 
                     
                    
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