-
- Date:
- 19 February 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We explore the potential impact of workers' exposure to traumatic events and other stressful environments on their families and look at some of the measures that employers can take to support those families.
-
- Date:
- 11 February 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Government has announced plans to change the way breaks in employment are treated, which could have a greater impact for local government than for employers in the private sector, due to the operation of the modification order.
-
- Date:
- 27 September 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We examine the unique status of police officers and the implications of that status. We also look at how the terms and conditions of police officers are both determined and changed.
-
- Date:
- 22 September 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We explore the unusual nature of the police service and the challenges that this creates for HR.
-
- Date:
- 22 September 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We examine the status of police staff who, unlike police officers, are subject to normal employment legislation. We also look at the status of special constables and volunteers.
-
- Date:
- 22 September 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We explore the tripartite arrangement on which the governance of the police service in England and Wales is based. We also look beyond the bodies that are party to the tripartite arrangement to a number of other important organisations that impact on HR in the police service.
-
- Date:
- 2 August 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In James-Bowen and others v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the Supreme Court held that, when defending a claim of vicarious liability, the Commissioner did not owe a duty to her police officers to take reasonable care to protect them from economic and reputational harm.
-
- Date:
- 3 May 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) remitted to a fresh tribunal the issue of whether or not a police force's policy of giving a period of full pay to mothers on maternity leave, but paying only statutory shared parental pay to partners, is indirectly discriminatory.
-
- Date:
- 27 October 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has held that EU law requires police officers to be able to bring discrimination claims in employment tribunals in respect of dismissals that are the result of police misconduct panel proceedings.
-
- Date:
- 20 October 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that a height restriction for applicants to the Greek police academy cannot be justified and constitutes indirect sex discrimination.
