Employment Law for HR

How - practically and legally - should you act when receiving broad allegations about an individual, with complainants stating that they "want to make HR aware" but "don't feel comfortable" in providing specific details?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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How do you manage a potentially neurodiverse colleague who refuses to seek help and continues to work - on amended duties - staying below absence triggers with no prospects of improvement in sight?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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What are the implications for redundancy selection criteria if an employee is pregnant or on maternity leave, and what is the priority order for suitable alternative roles vis-à-vis candidates with other protected characteristics?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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What are the implications for redundancy selection criteria if an employee is pregnant or on maternity leave, and what is the priority order for suitable alternative roles vis-à-vis candidates with other protected characteristics?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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How do you mitigate the risks of using SOSR as the reason for dismissal when a working relationship has broken down, even if the employee may not recognise this, supported by practical examples?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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How do you de-risk capability dismissals in long-term sickness absence cases, where (1) OH is sitting on the fence, but a return to work seems unrealistic, and (2) the employee insists on returning but repeatedly and quickly falls sick again?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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How do you tackle an ongoing performance situation where mental health (1) appears to be a contributing factor and (2) becomes an actual factor because of the process you set in motion?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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How do you de-risk capability dismissals in long-term sickness absence cases, where (1) OH is sitting on the fence, but a return to work seems unrealistic, and (2) the employee insists on returning but repeatedly and quickly falls sick again?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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What is ‘reasonable’ when it comes to (1) an employee's struggle with executive function and maintaining consistent productivity and (2) behaviours or mannerisms that may be upsetting to colleagues?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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What are the golden rules for comparing disabled and non-disabled employees for the purposes of redundancy, where disability-related absences and adjustments may have impacted performance?

• Conference: Dismissal 2024
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