Weekly Issue 310

Perception/Reality gap

Government research, published this week, has found that employers’ perceptions of employment law as complex and burdensome are fuelled by anxiety rather than by their actual legal obligations.

Professional practice

Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) states that everyone has the right to a fair trial.

Dismissal warnings

When deciding unfair dismissal claims, tribunals have to look at whether dismissal was within the band of reasonable responses open to a reasonable employer, among other things.