MFMac: Employment Law – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, we explore the legal and practical challenges facing employers as changes to the Immigration Rules - particularly around minimum salary thresholds - begin to take effect.

Proper consideration of alternative employment is a fundamental part of a fair redundancy procedure. David Hossack and Nikita Sandhu discuss top tips for a fair redundancy procedure following the recent case of Hendy Group Limited v Kennedy.

David Hossack speaks to Lily Braunholtz about the circumstances in which employers can seek reimbursement of immigration costs from employees and the consequences if they get this wrong. 

In this podcast, we discuss what an individual stress risk assessment is, the legal basis for conducting individual stress risk assessments and why it is important that employers know how to deal with work-related stress.

In this week's podcast David Hossack and Caroline Maher discuss an Employment Tribunal claim where the dismissed employee claimed that her dyslexia should have been taken into consideration.

In this podcast, Neil Kelly, Partner, is joined by Len Bunton, Chair of the RICS Conflict Avoidance Process, and Professor Rudi Klein, past CEO of the Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group, to discuss the issues facing Scotland's construction sector, including:

• The Scottish Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum, now Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV)
• Payment and Project Bank Accounts
• Retention: The current position and where are we going?
• Payment provisions in the Construction Act 1996
• The Adjudication Process
• The RICS Conflict Avoidance Pledge
• Quality of Works and Payment

In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Fiona Meek take a closer look at the recent Bill proposed by Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman, which would require certain employers to take steps to ensure safe transport home for their employees.

Andrew Walker, Partner and Head of Corporate Growth at Morton Fraser, is joined by Head of Food & Drink at Johnston Carmichael, Adam Hardie, to explore the opportunities, trends and challenges facing the drinks industry, and to look ahead to the In Drinks trade show in Glasgow

Sarah Gilzean talks to David Hossack about the case of the BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION against the SCOTTISH EVENT CAMPUS (SEC), where the charity successfully claimed that the SEC's cancellation of their event amounted to discrimination on religious grounds.

David Hossack, Sarah Gilzean and Rebecca McAvoy discuss the recent case of Mallet-Ali v Perth & Kinross Council as well as future changes to the law on an employer's liability for third party harassment towards employees.