Employment Law Matters
Are you an HR Professional or employment lawyer? Do you love employment law? Employment Law Matters is presented by London employment law barrister Daniel Barnett. You'll learn how to deal with tricky, practical, employment law and HR issues in regular, weekly, bite-sized chunks.
Episodes
This episode contains:
- Nadia Montraghi discussing dismissals for absence
- Gillian Howard's 60 second top tip
- Michael Salter on witness familiarisation (part three)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquesti...
This episode contains:
- Daniel Tatton-Brown KC discussing director's duties
- Zain Malek's 60 second top tip
- Michael Salter on witness familiarisation (part two)
This podcast is supported by HR Inner Circle and didlaw Employment Lawyers.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquest...
This episode contains:
- Eleena Misra discussing recruitment
- Nancy Prest's 60 second top tip
- Michael Salter on Witness Familiarisation (part one)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion
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This episode contains:
- Jude Shepherd discussing employment tribunal procedure
- Marc Jones' 60 second top tip
- David Reade on tricky redundancy issues (part two)
This podcast is supported by HR Inner Circle and didlaw Employment Lawyers.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion
This episode contains:
- Bob Regnerus discussing setting - or not setting - goals
- Daniel Barnett on dismissing problem employees
- David Reade on tricky redundancy Issues (part one)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/pod...
This episode contains:
- Sean Jones KC discussing Constructive Dismissal
- Bob Regnerus on Why we Sabotage Ourselves
- Daniel Barnett on GDPR (part two)
This podcast is supported by HR Inner Circle and didlaw Employment Lawyers.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion
💎 PRODUC...
This episode contains:
- Jeremy Scott Joynt discussing employee privacy
- 60 second top tip from Susi O'Brien
- Daniel Barnett on GDPR
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion
💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHI...
This episode contains:
- Jeremy Scott Joynt discussing employee privacy (part 1)
- Dr Andrew Greenland on workplace burnout and resilience (part 2)
- Daniel Barnett discussing if an employer can restrict holiday from being taken during a fixed-term contract
- Shantha David on a day in the life of a trade union lawyer (part 2)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employme...
This episode contains:
- Andrew Short KC discussing Acas early conciliation
- Dr Andrew Greenland on workplace burnout and resilience (part 1)
- Shantha David on a day in the life of a trade union lawyer (part 1)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a questio...
This episode contains:
- Darren Newman discussing grievances (part 2)
- 60 second top tip by Pat McNamee
- Daniel Barnett on criminal record checks (part 2)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and Daniel Barnett's Employment Rights Bill update service.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.dani...
This episode contains:
- Darren Newman discussing grievances (part 1)
- Daniel Barnett on criminal record checks (part 1)
- Daniel Barnett on dealing with employee theft and fraud
- Daniel Barnett on holiday pay and reducing Hours
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
This episode contains:
- Gavin Mansfield KC on tricky compensation issues
- Daniel Barnett on part year workers
- 60 second top tip by Audrey Ludwig
- Nick Levett on what a barristers' clerk does (part 2)
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and Daniel Barnett's Employment Rights Bill update service.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - ww...
This episode contains:
- Lydia Seymour discussing changing terms and conditions
- Nick Levett on what a barristers' clerk does (part 1)
- Daniel Barnett on victimisation
This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquest...
This bonus podcast episode, being an extract from an audio seminar produced for members of the HR Inner Circle, discusses how employers can help employees dealing with mental health issues.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion
💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inne...
Neonatal leave in the UK is a new statutory right introduced under the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023. It came into force on 6 April 2025.
This bonus podcast episode is a short extract from a Q&A session for members of the HR Inner Circle, a few days before the new right came into force, when I explain the new law.
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Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtub...
This is a replay version of an episode originally published in July 2019. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.
SOSR is like a classic car. It can work well but only in the right conditions.
An employer must have a fair reason to dismiss an employee.
When other avenues are exhausted, employers can sort to SOSR - which stands for ‘some other substantial reason’. Rather unhelpfully, ...
The Court of Appeal has just handed down the important decision of Higgs v Farmor’s School, dealing with the circumstances when an employer can (or cannot) dismiss an employee for expressing gender critical views. I recorded a 45 minute discussion about the ramifications of this case for employers, exclusively for members of the HR Inner Circle. Here are the first few minutes of that recording for podcast listeners.
This is a replay version of an episode originally published in June 2020. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.
What do you get when you record a verbal warning in writing? A paradox, that’s what! In this light-hearted episode, Daniel Barnett reveals the things that really annoy him, and shares the result of his Twitter Poll on who even uses them any more.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – w...
In this episode, I talk about putting together employment tribunal bundles with barrister Naomi Cunningham.
This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.
Naomi's article - https://www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2023/03/18/ten-easy-steps-to-the-perfect-hearing-bundle/
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube chan...
In this episode, I read a chapter from my recent book 'Dismissing Problem Employees'. You can find out more about it at www.danielbarnett.com.
This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.
🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURS...
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