Employment Law Matters

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

December 2, 2024 37 mins

In this episode, I discuss TUPE.

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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In this episode, I discuss how HR can build its business credibility with David Millner, an experienced consulting practitioner.

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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November 18, 2024 20 mins

In this episode, I discuss managing career breaks. You'll learn: 

  • The benefits of offering career breaks in the workplace
  • How to avoid discrimination when managing career breaks
  • How to plan an employee's return from a career break

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November 11, 2024 39 mins

In this episode, I interview Jason Cooney, the founder and director of TSAKS Consulting.

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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In this episode, you'll learn about:

  • Whether menopause meets the legal definition of disability
  • Key cases in this area
  • My top tips

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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October 28, 2024 38 mins

In this episode, I'll be discussing shareholder disputes with Robin Somerville.

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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In this bonus episode, I interview Claire Armstrong from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/) about the ECHR's updated technical guidance on sexual harassment at work.

Clare is a solicitor in the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Litigation and Advisory team. She was the lead drafter for the Commission’s updated technical guidance on harassment at work and was involved i...

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In this episode, I share my thoughts on the new duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace coming into force on 26 October 2024.

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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In this episode I interview Stefan Cross, an equal pay lawyer who issued, and settled or won, hundreds of thousands of equal pay claims against local authorities

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

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In this bonus episode, recorded just hours after the government published the Employment Rights Bill, I give my immediate reaction to the Bill and discuss:

1. Unfair Dismissal as a ‘Right from Day One’ policy
2. Ending Fire and Rehire
3. Ending ‘exploitative’ zero hours contracts:
4. Protection from Third Party Sexual Harassment
5. Flexible working
6. Paternity, Parental and Bereavement Leave
7. Enh...

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This is a replay version of an episode originally published in January 2020. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.

In this episode, Daniel Barnett offers practical guidance and shares the do’s and don’ts when making referrals.

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

  • what sort of questions you should ask the OH practitioner? 
  • when to make an OH referral? 
  • what you should do if an employee is reluctan...
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This is a replay version of an episode originally published in January 2022. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to prepare for and run a case management hearing in the employment tribunal, including:-

  • Why you should follow Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics
  • The unknown knowns
  • How to be a hero in front of the judge.

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This is a replay version of an episode originally published in June 2022. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to be a good witness in an employment tribunal, including:-

  • what is your job as a witness?
  • should you prepare in advance?
  • how to answer questions during cross-examination

Daniel discusses the topic with Sean Jones KC from 11KBW.

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In this episode, you'll learn my top seven tips for managing employee expenses.  

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd, Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

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June 3, 2024 46 mins

In this episode Daniel discusses Amending Tribunal Claims with Nathaniel Caiden from Cloisters.  You’ll learn…

  • What the law is on amending a claim form, and the relevant of tribunal time limits
  • Whether the Presidential Guidance on time limits is arguably wrong
  • What you should be focusing on when either making, or resisting, an application to amend a tribunal Claim Form.

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In this episode, you'll learn: 

  • When employer’s can insist on random drug and alcohol testing for employees
  • What to do if someone turns up to work smelling of alcohol
  • Why you can’t automatically dismiss if an employee fails a drug or alcohol test

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd, Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

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May 20, 2024 21 mins

In this episode, you'll learn about: 

  • The current protections at work 
  • The Labour Party proposed ‘right to switch off’, set out in their Green Paper, ‘New deal for working people’
  • My ten top tips for employers

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd, Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

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May 13, 2024 35 mins

In this episode Daniel discusses Agency workers with Naomi Ling from Outer Temple Chambers.  You’ll learn about…

  • The difference between agency workers and fixed-term workers
  • The impact of Brexit on agency worker regulations
  • The day one rights and week 12 rights for agency workers

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May 6, 2024 32 mins

In this episode, you'll learn: 

  • Direct discrimination on grounds of age 
  • Associative age discrimination 
  • Stereotyping 

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd, Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

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In this episode Daniel discusses How to Protect Your Business from Departing Employees  with Gus Baker from Outer Temple Chambers.  You’ll learn…

  • What you should think about when drafting PTRs
  • How the rise of remote working has impacted on restrictive covenants
  • What to do first when you discover an ex-employee has breached their covenants

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