The Lawdown Episode 17: Flexible Working, Women and Work, and Facebook’s Job Advertising Fiasco
October 13th, 2021 by Stuart Smith
We are delighted to share Episode 17 of The Lawdown, our regular podcast discussing the latest key employment, discrimination and partnership law-related news stories, and the interesting legal issues behind them!
The Lawdown Episode 16: Harassment during Lockdown and on Return to the Office
September 2nd, 2021 by Stuart Smith
We are delighted to share Episode 16 of The Lawdown, our regular podcast discussing the latest key employment, discrimination and partnership law-related news stories, and the interesting legal issues behind them!
The Lawdown Episode 15: Key Family Friendly Policies and Developments
July 23rd, 2021 by Stuart Smith
We are delighted to share Episode 15 of The Lawdown, our regular podcast discussing the latest key employment, discrimination and partnership law-related news stories, and the interesting legal issues behind them!
The Lawdown Episode 14: The Relaunch – Naomi Osaka, Gary Lineker’s IR35 dispute and the potential impact of Covid electronic test and trace rules
June 10th, 2021 by Stuart Smith
In this “relaunch” episode of the Lawdown, Partner Beth Hale, Senior Associate Wonu Sanda and Associate Pooja Dasgupta discuss: Naomi Osaka dropping out of the French Open due to mental health issues and the wider workplace implications of this story, including employer health and safety, mental health and wellbeing obligations, and potential reasonable adjustments under […]
The Lawdown Episode 11: Privacy Orders in the Tribunal, Bankers, Restrictive Covenants and Trump’s Tweets
September 27th, 2019 by Stuart Smith
In this episode we discuss Mr X the millionaire businessman who sought a restricted reporting order from the Employment Tribunal to keep his identity secret; we talk about what employees can do if a job offer is withdrawn before the employee has even started, which recently happened to a highly paid banker who is now […]
In this episode of The Lawdown, Sarah Chilton and Beth Hale discuss the recent high profile (but very different) dismissals of Gavin Williamson, Alex Hales and Israel Folau and the employment law issues to which they give rise, including investigations, reputational damage, social media, drug testing and addiction, discrimination and harassment and conduct outside the workplace. We hope […]
The Lawdown Episode 9: Gender Pay, Alcohol Bans and Compensation in the Employment Tribunal
September 27th, 2019 by Stuart Smith
In this episode of the Lawdown, Wonu Sanda and Beth Hale discuss the latest gender pay gap reports (and what they tell us (and don’t tell us) about equality of pay in the UK) and the reported ban on alcohol and drug use at Lloyds of London. We also bust some myths about the level […]
The Lawdown Episode 8: NDAs, the Gender Pay Gap and Religious Discrimination
September 27th, 2019 by Stuart Smith
In this episode we discuss NDAs following the publication of proposals from the Government for reform; we also highlight the, in some cases, increasing gender pay gap, nearly one year on from the first reporting deadline; and finally we bring you a case update on the Jewish nursery case, a case highlighting the limitations of […]
The Lawdown Episode 7: Brexit, Workplace Culture and Non-Compete Restrictions
September 27th, 2019 by Stuart Smith
We are back after the festivities and thought it was time to talk Brexit. In this episode we clear up confusion about the European Court of Human Rights and the UK’s exit from the EU and discuss some of the risks of Brexit-related abuse. We also chat workplace cultures and, for those legal geeks and […]
The Lawdown Episode 6: Veganism, Hugging, Emergency Nannies and yet more Brexit
September 5th, 2019 by Stuart Smith
In our Christmas special (before we take a break until 2019), we talk about whether veganism could be a protectable belief under the Equality Act 2010, the Ted Baker enforced hugging scandal and Goldman Sachs’ decision to offer London staff access to emergency nannies and other family-friendly benefits. We look again at whether Article 50 […]