A Year’s Worth of Articles

I have been blogging on employment law topics for over a year now.

Here is a list of my articles over the past year, divided into whether they are of most interest to employers or employees.

If any posts have been particularly helpful to you, let me know. Or if there are any other topics you’d like to see me write on, get in touch.

For Employers

• Employers Are Not Judges

• Make Sure Your Trial Period Has A Start Date

• Don’t Confuse Poor Performance and Misconduct

• Is A Support Person Allowed To Speak?

• How To Dismiss An Employee When Their Visa Runs Out

• A Checklist For Running Disciplinary Meetings

• The First Step Towards Managing An Employee’s Poor Performance

• How To Change An Employment Agreement

• 4 Things To Get Your Employees To Acknowledge

• How To Deal With Staff Who Don’t Want To Take A Holiday

• Who Should Investigate Allegations of Misconduct?

• How Mondayised Public Holidays Work

• Can I Secretly Record A Conversation At Work?

• Talk To Your Staff

• Checklist for Settling Employment Disputes

• More Parental Leave

• Don’t Dock Pay Until You Consult

• You Have A Right To Moonlight

• Cancelling a shift? Not so fast…

• How To Comply With the New Hours of Work Law

• All The Penalties In The New Health and Safety Act

• When “I’m Out Of Here!” Is Not A Resignation

• 5 Clauses You Should Have In Your Employment Agreements

• All You Need To Know About Garden Leave

• When It’s Okay To Dock An Employee’s Pay

• 90-Day Trial Period Hiring and Firing Checklists

• Three Warnings And You’re Out?

• Never Conduct An Employee Work Trial

• Four Types Of Restraints Of Trade

• Can I Suspend My Employee From Work?

• How To Resolve Employment Disputes At Mediation

• How To Respond To A Personal Grievance

• Will Employers Pay More For Personal Grievances In Future?

• All You Need To Know About Fixed-Term Employment Agreements

• What Employment Agreement Should I Use For My New Employee?

• Never Give A Bad Reference, Give An Honest One

• How To Dismiss An Employee In 3 Steps

• Should Mediators Countersign Settlement Agreements?

• Are Restraints of Trade Enforceable?

• What You Need To Know About 90-day Trial Periods

• Can I Pay My Employees’ Their Holiday Pay At 8% With Their Wages?

• Are Uber Drivers Employees?

For Employees

• You Can Be Working While You Sleep

• Can My Employer Look At My Private Email?

• Can Your Employer “Test The Market” To Fill A Vacant Role?

• Does Your Employer Own Your LinkedIn Connections?

• You Can Have More Than One Employer

• What Is Technical Redundancy?

• When Do You Become An Employee?

• Facing Criminal Charges? You May Need To Tell Your Employer

• Expired Warnings Can Still Bite

• Your Employer Doesn’t Have To Accept Your Resignation

• Goodbye, Reference Letters. Hello, Google.

• What Is A Fair Exit Package?

• 3 Questions To Ask When Faced With Redundancy

• Can My Employer Force Me To Take Annual Leave?

• Can I Be Dismissed For Swearing At Work?

• Is 20% Change In Your Job Enough To Justify Redundancy?

• Was I Constructively Dismissed?