by Beststart HR | Dec 6, 2017 | Disciplinaries, Employment Law, Library & News, Performance management
A tribunal has ruled that an employee working in a supermarket’s delivery yard was unfairly dismissed for wearing headphones. Onyike had worked for 13 years at Sainsbury’s as a commercial assistant in the Wandsworth store’s delivery yard. This was a known...
by Beststart HR | Dec 6, 2017 | Disciplinaries, Employment Law, Grievances, Library & News, Strategy, Training & Development
The Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in early October 2017 when the New York Times published a story detailing decades of allegations against Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment. What followed was a deluge of accusations against many other celebrities in... by Beststart HR | Mar 2, 2017 | Best Practice, Disciplinaries, Employment Law, Library & News, Performance management
Many of you will have heard in the news recently that the law has changed regarding the use of a mobile phone while driving. It is a criminal offence to use a hand-held mobile phone or any similar device while driving a motor vehicle. In fact, this has been the case... by Beststart HR | Jan 18, 2015 | Best Practice, Disciplinaries, Library & News
An employee of a retail business opened a Twitter account for personal use but in fact used the social media account for work purposes when he followed 100 of the employer’s stores and as a result, 65 stores followed him. A colleague complained that the nature of the...