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In his book, “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion”, Dr Robert Cialdini tells the story of a nurse who got written instructions from a doctor to treat a person who was complaining of a sore ear. Administer medicine in R ear. The tale continues with the nurse apparently misreading the last two “words” of that direction. …
What was the case about? In Charlesworth v Dransfields Engineering Services Ltd UKEAT/0197/16/JOJ, the employment appeal tribunal considered whether making an employee redundant following long term illness due to cancer amounted to disability discrimination. The legal background A definition of discrimination can be found in the Equality Act 2010. In general terms an employer cannot treat …
Every year in the UK, we dump about 50 million tonnes of waste in the ground. This would be enough to fill a football stadium like Hampden Park to the brim – 50 times over! A landfill site at Dunbar in East Lothian takes much of Edinburgh’s rubbish and it has won awards for its high …
If the question is whether we would like to live to be at least 80 years old, most people’s answer would be “yes”. That’s certainly the response neuroscientist and novelist, Lisa Genova, received from the TED conference audience she asked in April 2017. We all have a hopeful expectation of living into old age. Lisa …
What was the case about? In The Government Legal Service v Brookes UKEAT/0302/16 the employment appeal tribunal considered whether a job applicant with Asperger’s syndrome suffered disability discrimination by virtue of having to undergo a multiple choice test. What does the Equality Act 2010 say about discrimination? Indirect discrimination is defined in section 19 of …
If an employee wants to end their contract of employment with an employer or vice versa and if both parties are agreeable to this, they may want to enter into a legally binding written agreement which sets out the terms of ending that relationship from both the employer and the employee’s perspective. The agreement usually …
Did you know? If an employee is required to attend a disciplinary meeting at work they have an unfettered right to be accompanied by a companion in the form of a colleague or trade union representative. The recent employment tribunal decision in the case of Gnahoua v Abellio London Limited is reaffirmation for employees of …
According to one definition, food poverty occurs when individuals and households are unable to obtain an adequate, nutritious diet. This may be because they cannot afford to buy healthy food or because there is a lack of readily accessible shops. 13 Million people live in poverty in the UK. Every day, people are forced to …
