Backhouse Solicitors’ blog
With the Christmas party season well and truly underway, we all want to have a great time, so why let a moment of indiscretion spoil the festivities? As enjoyable as it may seem to engage in a tipsy flirting session or misuse the photocopier in order [...]
When defending unfair dismissal claims an employer normally has to show: that they dismissed one of the valid reasons – conduct, capability, redundancy, breach of a statute or “some other substantial reason” that they acted reasonably in deciding to dismiss – for “some other substantial reason” [...]
It’s fair to say that the banking industry has more than its fair share of high profile and high value Employment Tribunal cases. The male-dominated environment, long hours and hard working, hard playing culture forces people to play along to fit in. Those who don’t are [...]
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the use of social media, providing more opportunities for business advertising and networking. Sites such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn are now regularly visited by many employees in the work place. Given the benefits that [...]
