vivoHR & Training Blog

A reminder to not over react to disciplinary matters involving social media. A Dairy business who dismissed an employee for gross misconduct for a 'selfie' they felt would damage the company reputation were found to have unfairly dismissed him. The company were...

The Northern Ireland Equality Commission have been found guilty of indirect sex discrimination and although the tribunal recognised they had done so unintentionally they were still ordered to pay £8,000 to the claimant. Simply put, indirect sex discrimination...

Labour would double Paternity Leave & Pay if they are elected.Sounds good doesn't it? Not for many small businesses though with some employees then out of action for 4 weeks in addition to their annual leave that year. We also have the introduction of Shared...

First tribunal decision on vaping - employers beware! If you have a smoking policy but you don't explicitly mention e-cigarettes & you then rely on that policy in making any disciplinary or dismissal decisions about vaping you could find yourself the subject of an...

A recent press release from Employment Minister Esther McVey states that job seekers shouldn't try to hide their regional accent when attending job interviews.Is this REALLY a big concern? At vivoHR we do a lot of recruiting in many industry sectors, admittedly only...

I think we'd all agree we need to protect children & young people from sexual predators, potential abuse or harm but how far do we go in ensuring this protection? Is any measure acceptable or do we risk breaching the rights of others in our quest for child...

If you have employees who are pregnant & expecting a baby on or after 5 April you may start to receive enquiries about Shared Parental Leave very soon. The very first parents to take advantage of this new right might start to submit requests by 8 February if baby...

Two news of the world journalists are making tribunal claims of unfair dismissal following them pleading guilty to hacking allegations.Yes that's right - they were dismissed for gross misconduct & are bringing tribunal claims that their dismissals were unfair...

The Mirror reports on the tribunal currently underway in which a female Muslim worker is claiming racial & sex discrimination.If the allegations are found to be true it would seem this employee experienced a bullying manager of the worst kind - timing toilet...