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Hiring & Firing Job Applicants UK Employment Appeal Tribunal

Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and... more +
Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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Whistleblowing Job Applicants, Discrimination Outside Employment, and Liability for HR Consultants, Plus a News Roundup - UK HR...

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Our employment law update for May covers a new EAT case on whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, whether a blatant racial insult falls outside the scope of the Equality Act 2010 because it was not made “in...more

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Employment News - November 2017

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Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Open to non-members – rejection of job application because of previous union activities was unlawful. - Stevenson/Farmer review into mental health in...more

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Beware of Discrimination Pitfalls in Recruitment

In the case of Government Legal Services v Brookes [2017] UKEAT/0302/16/RN, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a job applicant with Asperger’s Syndrome was discriminated against due to the requirement to...more

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Employment News - May 2017 #2

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Wrong answer – applicant should have been allowed an alternative to multiple choice test - The EAT in Government Legal Service v Brookes found that a job applicant with Asperger's had been unlawfully discriminated...more

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