Back in March we posted here a piece about dismissing to protect the employer’s corporate reputation. In that case the employer made a very difficult choice between the claimed (ultimately, actual) innocence of the employee and the harm which continuing to employ him might do if he turned out to be guilty. On the facts, … Continue Reading
Transatlantic Financial Services website Financial Markets & Business News – Here Is The City – The Financial Markets Guide quoted last week a passage from the book “The Making of Goldman Sachs”. It dealt with how Goldmans successfully upgraded its London staff without significant claims or severance payments, i.e. by being very “civilised” about the … Continue Reading
A Partner in a law firm who was compulsorily retired at age 65 under the terms of the firm’s Partnership agreement will this week have his age discrimination complaint heard by the Supreme Court – the highest level of appeal in the United Kingdom. Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes has already been through three … Continue Reading
Sick of having to chase your staff to perform? Don’t see why they claim to be so stressed? Ever thought it might all be your fault? A recent survey by the Chartered Management Institute provides some statistics which should at first sight have managers everywhere clutching for their laurels. The survey of over 2,000 employees … Continue Reading
