XpertHR Weekly

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we provide guidance on handling employee resignations, including ambiguous words or behaviour on the part of the employee and "heat of the moment" resignations; and managing an employee during his or her notice period. We also discuss the employment tribunal decision in Bridgeman v Family Mosaic Housing Association ET/2201804/11, in which the employer's decision to hold a disciplinary hearing in the employee's absence rendered her dismissal unfair.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the Government's pension auto-enrolment reforms and their practical implications for employers with special guest, pay expert and XpertHR employment law manual author, Kate Upcraft. The provisions will apply to all employers regardless of their size. We also discuss the causes of stress in the workplace; the detrimental impact it can have on an employee; and what line managers can do to alleviate the situation.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the importance of giving employees regular informal feedback and how to give positive and negative feedback in a constructive and meaningful way. We also look at the impact of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee holiday on employers, focusing on how to determine whether or not an employee is entitled to the additional bank holiday.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the key dates in the 2012 HR calendar. We look at some of the important cases on appeal that will be heard in 2012, including those relating to age discrimination, retirement, collective redundancy consultation, TUPE and disciplinary procedures. We also set out the implementation dates of forthcoming legislation, including pensions auto-enrolment, the increase in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal and changes to tribunal procedure.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the employment tribunal decision in Michalak v Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust ET/1810815/08, where the tribunal awarded £4,452,206.60, one of the largest ever payments for a discrimination claim, to a former NHS doctor who experienced a lengthy campaign of sex and race discrimination. We also look at Stott v Next Retail Ltd ET/2100960/11, in which the tribunal decided that the employer had unfairly dismissed the employee for taking one day's unauthorised absence over the Christmas period.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the employment tribunal decision in Leveratt v Mitie Security (London) Ltd ET/3201280/09, in which the employer failed to meet its legal obligations to an employee who was a member of the reserve forces returning from deployment in Afghanistan. We also discuss the findings of recent XpertHR research on bonus schemes.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we are joined by special guest, employment partner at Charles Russell LLP, Michael Bradshaw, who discusses how to ensure acceptable conduct at office Christmas parties. We are also joined by, employment law expert and consultant editor, Darren Newman, who shares his thoughts on some of the Government's recently unveiled proposals for reform, including: rapid resolution for certain types of tribunal claims and employment judges hearing unfair dismissal claims alone.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we focus on the employment law proposals unveiled by the Government last week, which it described as "the most radical reform to the employment law system for decades". We are joined by special guest, employment law expert and consultant editor, Darren Newman, who shares his thoughts on various proposals, including: “protected conversations”; employment tribunal fees; financial penalties for employers; and no-fault dismissals for micro firms. We also discuss the findings of the 2011 XpertHR survey on employee engagement.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the employment tribunal decision in Crisp v Apple Retail (UK) Ltd ET/1500258/11, in which one of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies, Apple, used its policies and procedures to dismiss fairly an employee who had made several Facebook posts that it considered could damage its reputation.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss employment tribunal cases in which the employer was found to have breached the Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures. We also discuss the findings of the XpertHR survey on the public sector equality duty, and look in detail at what one public sector organisation is doing to advance equal opportunities despite budget cuts.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we provide guidance on how employers should deal with an employee who is underperforming. We also discuss the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in Fraser v Southwest London St George's Mental Health Trust EAT/0456/11, in which the EAT held that employees on sick leave must, to be paid for holiday under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833), give the required statutory notice of their intention to take that holiday.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the 2011 HR careers survey, which found, among other things, that the majority of the 668 survey respondents chose their career in HR "by chance". We also provide practical guidance on the steps that employers should take when they suspect that an employee has gone on holiday when annual leave has not been authorised.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss pre-retirement training for employees, including the benefits of pre-retirement training, what issues it can cover, the arrangements for pre-retirement training and how to put in place plans made during training. We also look at Christmas celebrations, including the difference in approach between private- and public-sector employers.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss the results of XpertHR's annual survey of private sector pay prospects, which assesses pay intentions among 286 employers covering 587 different pay review groups. We also look at the employment tribunal decision in Armstrong v DB Regio Tyne and Wear Ltd ET/2500602/11, in which the tribunal considered a sex discrimination claim against an employer that allowed some, but not all, of its employees to retain their flexible working arrangements following a review of its rosters.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we provide practical guidance on implementing a garden leave period for an employee who has resigned or been dismissed. We also discuss the employment tribunal decision in Vladutu v NYK Logistics (UK) Ltd t/a Logistics & Mega Carrier ET/1201268/10, in which an employee was dismissed for misconduct after he allegedly shook a vending machine to steal chocolate.

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