Legal lowdown: Growth in 'gagging clauses'

Non-disclosure agreements are increasingly being used as standard business practice

Legal-ease: Suspending employees

Carefully consider whether it is the most appropriate course of action to suspend an employee

Negative repercussions for employees disclosing mental health issues

Many employees have faced negative consequences after admitting problems

Legal-ease: Committing gross misconduct by inaction

Adesokan v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets reveals that a dereliction of duty can amount to gross misconduct

Managing recurring sickness absence

What can a business do if its staff repeatedly fail to turn up because they're sick?

Legal case study: Whistleblowing and agency workers

Irrespective of no direct contractual relationship with an agency worker, a firm can be liable under whistleblowing legislation

Employment in the ‘gig economy’: A new worker category?

What does the highly flexible 'gig economy' way of working mean for HR?

A right royal scandal: did Angela Gibbins' comments amount to misconduct?

How should the British Council respond to an employee making potentially derogatory comments on Facebook?

What if an employee turns out to be a hooligan?

What to do if one or more of your workers engaged in football hooliganism recently

Conflict at work: Where next?

There has been a push towards informal interventions and teams regulating behaviour

Reinstatement orders following unfair dismissal

Reinstatement orders in unfair dismissal cases are made in less than 1% of cases, and can be costly

Big Brother is watching you: employees and TV appearances

What should employers do to prevent potentially damaging television appearances by their staff?