In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Innes Clark discuss 3 areas of risk that employers are currently facing as well as looking at what employers should have on their radar.

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Employment law essentials - Tribunal claim risks and what employers need to prepare for

In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and Senior Solicitor Fiona Meek discuss a recent Employment Tribunal case which centred around a dismissal for gross misconduct following a dispute in a staff canteen.

Argument over chicken nuggets results in unfair dismissal

In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and Senior Solicitor Fiona Meek discuss a recent case which has been in the news, where an employee was awarded a significant amount of compensation following her employer's failure to properly consider her flexible working request.

Failure to consider flexible working request properly costs employer over £180,000

In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and Senior Solicitor Fiona Meek discuss a recent case where the Employment Tribunal looked at the question of age discrimination in the context of comments referring to the Claimant as a grandmother.

Can calling someone a grandma amount to age discrimination?

Morton Fraser joins the call to be #UnitedForInclusion as we work to create a platform for our young people to be and do whatever they want. Whether your interest is in law, finance, marketing or IT, reaching your potential shouldn’t be dictated by where you grew up or what school you went to.  Hear from Ryan, one of our 2021 trainees, who came to Morton Fraser from one of the most deprived areas in Scotland

What Inclusion week means to us

In our latest podcast, David Hossack discusses with Alan Delaney the hot topic of monitoring workers at home as well as the privacy implications of the increasingly sophisticated tools available to employers. What legal restraints operate in this controversial area and what steps can employers take to navigate the risks?

Employee monitoring and home working

David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about the recent case of Prosser v community gateway association ltd and what employers should consider when dealing with pregnant employees during the pandemic.

Is it discrimination to send a pregnant employee home because of Covid risks?

David Hossack and Stuart McWilliams discuss how COVID has affected Right to Work checks, and what the extension of these concessions means for employers.

Extension of Right to Work concessions

Has a new approach to the potentially fair reason for dismissal of an employee following their arrest and charge, but before conviction, been identified?

When is the dismissal of an employee following a criminal charge fair?

In the tenth and final podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna discuss the advantages and concerns about online mediation.  They consider what the future might hold for online mediation, as well as a summary of the other topics looked at in the series and their top tips for lawyers representing clients at mediation.

Stand By Your Client: Online / Remote Mediation

David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about a recent case where the ECJ found that banning all forms of religious dress was not discriminatory and they discuss whether the case is likely to be followed in the UK.

ECJ ruling on religious dress to be treated with caution

David Hossack and business immigration expert Stuart McWilliams discuss what an employer should do if they identify a member of staff who has missed the deadline for applying for status after Brexit.

Right to work after Brexit

In our weekly employment law podcast employment law specialists David Hossack and Innes Clark look at the issues that employers need to be considering right now as well as highlighting what employers need to be preparing for.

Employment Law Essentials for the Autumn

David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about the UK Government's wide-ranging proposals for new legislation to prevent sexual harassment and what that might mean for employers.

Duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace to be introduced

David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about Long Covid and the implications for employers, including whether Long Covid amounts to a disability under the Equality Act.

Long Covid - what are the implications for employers?

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