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28th December 2011

Identifying and nailing “stress” is crucial to lowering the risks of being an employer.

Stress can cause a huge variety of physical and mental health problems such as heart…

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30th November 2011

Strikes originate from anger

Strikes are not really in the interests of either party as each is damaged. Some…

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2nd November 2011

Dismissal for a social networking faux-pas can be fair, but not always

In a recent case it was found fair to dismiss an employee for derogatory comments…

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1st November 2011

For goodness sake, when will they retire?

If you have ever uttered those words in frustration, now is the time to stop!…

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27th October 2011

News from Europe on covert monitoring

Dismissal for theft is damning; indirectly a dismissed employee may be seen as an untried…

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26th October 2011

When private becomes public

As a student I attended a Liberal Society meeting where the Chief Constable of Durham…

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24th October 2011

Stress and the long term absentee – can you say “goodbye”?

You have an employee on long term sick for stress or depression. As we described…

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21st October 2011

Stress: seek first to understand, then to be understood (Stephen Covey)

You have invited an employee who is off with stress, or depression, in for a…

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20th October 2011

Whose stress is it anyway?

It is a real hassle when an employee is off with depression or “stress”. We…

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