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Workplace violence: prevention and cure
Sue Frith, Deputy Head of the NHS Security Management Service, talks to Workplace Law Network's Douglas Kitson about how the NHS is working to manage violence against staff. | audio | 6 Jun 2008 12:54PM

Briefing – World Cup: Tackling off (and on) the pitch behaviour
With World Cup fever in the air, there is a danger for employers that the excitement might lead to staff being shown a yellow card, for abuses of company policy and unacceptable off-the-pitch b... | briefing | 10 Jun 2010 4:16PM

Briefing - Bullying at work
The recent lurid allegations about bullying by the Prime Minister have given rise to many adverse headlines (despite the PM’s denials) and serve as a stark reminder to all employers as to the... | briefing | 23 Feb 2010 4:33PM

Is your dress code discriminatory?
Most employers adopt some form of dress code or standard of personal presentation for employees. How strictly this code is applied could be a cause of controversy, as the recent case brought by law... | briefing | 13 Jul 2009 2:22PM

I don’t believe it: Update on religion and belief discrimination
There have been a spate of Employment Tribunal discrimination claims in recent months on the grounds of religion and belief, and these are unlikely to decrease following the amendments to the E... | briefing | 24 Jun 2009 2:17PM

Conflict of discriminations?
As the number of grounds upon which discrimination is prohibited increases, so too does the potential for those grounds to conflict with each other. This issue has been touched upon previously by t... | briefing | 1 Aug 2008 12:20PM

Former bank worker loses £600,000 unfair dismissal case
Former HBOS executive, Haley Tansey, has lost her case for unfair dismissal against Halifax Bank of Scotland for £600,000, reports the Halifax Evening Courier.   She had al... | case | 14 May 2010 12:05PM

£4m discrimination claim by City worker rejected
A City executive’s claims for £4m compensation for sex and disability discrimination and unfair constructive dismissal have been dismissed by the Central London Employment Tribunal.&n... | case | 4 May 2010 12:43PM

Law firm cleared of sex discrimination
A Tribunal has cleared law firm DLA Piper of sex discrimination against a pregnant partner who was sacked. The Employment Tribunal dismissed all the allegations against DLA Piper, the Liver... | case | 30 Apr 2010 5:20PM

Bullied worker awarded £150,000 payout
A bullied NHS manager has been awarded £150,000 in compensation.Nanette Bowen, 55, had been employed at the Price Phillip Hospital for 28 years, had worked her way up the ranks from porter ... | case | 12 Jan 2010 5:26PM

Case judgment clarifies what constitutes harassment
 A Court of Appeal judgment has brought fresh clarification for both employers and employees, as to exactly what type of behaviour amounts to 'harassment' and will allow a claim under the Prot... | case | 8 Dec 2009 12:40PM

E-Mail Harassment Case Settles for £10,000
REMEMBER CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE ALL BULLETINS!! [subject - Members E-bulletin 97, 27 August 2003] 27 August 2003 (c) Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.ne... | ebulletin | 27 Aug 2003 3:32PM

Sexual harassment - one ET case very week
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 235 14 June 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplacelaw.net... | ebulletin | 14 Jun 2006 6:39PM

Bullying and harassment
The Government has estimated that employers’ failure to tackle the root cause of bullying in the workplace costs the UK economy £13.75bn a year. According to HSE reports, bullying costs... | Factsheet | 14 Sep 2007 4:20PM

Perk of the job? Managing the risks faced by loneworkers
According to the RAC Foundation, four million people now work from home or act as ‘mobile workers’ — meaning there are an increasing number of people working alone. And there are ... | Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008 10:54AM

Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Spring 2005 Employment Law Update Special Report now available
Workplace Law Publishing has launched the brand-new Employment Law Update: Special Report, Spring 2005 Edition which provides comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative guidance to new and forthco... | network news | 17 May 2005 12:00AM

Public sector to make equality efforts transparent
People will be able to see exactly what public sector organisations are doing to tackle inequality under new plans to put taxpayers in control of holding public bodies to account, Equalities Minist... | news | 20 Aug 2010 11:31AM

A fifth of workers feel bullied by their boss
A new study has found that  21% of Brits feel bullied by their boss at work, whilst a further 28% feel picked on by a peer at work. However, only 8% admitted to reporting the incidents.Accordi... | news | 15 Jul 2010 11:22AM

Rudeness at work causes mistakes
According to an academic writing in the British Medical Journal, rudeness in the workplace can cause lapses in concentration, even for those who only witness rudeness, rather than having it di... | news | 7 Jul 2010 12:53PM

Research links workplace bullying with ill health
A new academic study has uncovered new evidence of a strong link between workplace bullying and the subsequent psychological ill health of employees. The study, carried out by the University o... | news | 5 Jul 2010 10:30AM

Government must show "genuine commitment" to LGBT people
Speaking at the TUC's annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) conference in London yesterday, TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady welcomed the coalition's early commitment to LGBT e... | news | 2 Jul 2010 11:32AM

Sex life of fruit bat lands lecturer in hot water
An academic who was accused of sexual harassment after showing a female colleague a research paper on oral sex among fruit bats has been ordered to undergo a two-year 'monitoring and counselling'... | what the papers say | 18 May 2010 4:56PM

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