At our virtual panel discussion a couple of weeks ago, we discussed how the current difficult economic climate means that some businesses are contemplating redundancies and/or restructuring exercises to put themselves in the best possible position to meet these challenges. The good news is that, other than some of the well-publicised downsizing exercises in the … Continue Reading
Making staff redundant is a difficult and unpleasant part of any manager’s responsibilities, but you really don’t want to hear your employees baying “A poil, à poil!” (“Off with his clothes”!) when holding meetings to discuss job losses. This is what happened to two Air France managers forced to flee what even by French standards … Continue Reading
As the UK continues to debate the difference between what is morally expedient and what is legally right in the wake of a certain US coffee shop’s tax avoidance scheme, a similar question came to the fore in employment law last month. In the case of X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau the Supreme … Continue Reading
