Page 1 of Meera Yagnik's writing

1. Dismissal From Employment, Basic Facts! Did you know that you only have 3 months to lodge a claim in the employment tribunal if you have been dismissed from your employment in the UK . Yes, that's right; if you do not lodge a claim within 3 months you will lose the right to pursue any... (posted by Meera 3 years 59 days ago.)

2. Off Sick From Work? You Still Accrue Holidays, It's a Fact! I thought that this may interest you, our friends in European Court of Justice have ruled on the 21 st January 2009, that workers will be able to build up holiday entitlements even when they are absent from work due to sickness. This particular... (posted by Meera 3 years 62 days ago.)

3. Prince Harry and Prince Charles, Race and Hate Crimes, what is all this hype about? The ITV news reported a story whereby Prince Harry had referred to a fellow soldier who he was working with as his "Paki Friend". Prince Harry had to offer a formal apology after this was condemned by the media and the general public, who... (posted by Meera 3 years 115 days ago.)

4. Barack Obama inauguration, history! I watched the ITN News tonight to watch President Barack Obama be sworn in as the President of the United States of America today. I closely monitored his speech as did 2.5 billion viewers to see how he would like to start off his... (posted by Meera 3 years 127 days ago.)

5. Sacked, For Wearing Trainers To Work? Can This Be Gross Misconduct? or Unfair Dismissal? The BBC news reported a story whereby a teacher Adrian Swain who had 30 years of teaching experience, had been dismissed for his failure to comply with a school uniform policy introduced in September 2008. The teacher had failed to adhere to the... (posted by Meera 3 years 146 days ago.)

6. Steven Gerrard Could Face a Five Year Prison Sentence If Guilty of Assault and Affray? Let's start with a few definitions to get us started. Assault is when a person commits a crime of violence against another person. Common assault is committed when a person causes another person to fear that force is about to be used that may... (posted by Meera 3 years 148 days ago.)

7. Age Discrimination, Can Retirement At the Age of 65 For Partners Constitute Age Discrimination? Have you ever wondered whether it would be lawful to retire someone at the age of 65? The President of the employment appeal tribunal Justice Elias in the case of Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes [2008] has considered the issue of retirement... (posted by Meera 3 years 148 days ago.)

8. Redundancy, Know Your Rights To Consultation. Most firms having been hit by the sub prime crisis are looking at saving costs and the biggest way to reduce costs are by shifting labour, here is a guide to your rights if you are made redundant. What is Redundancy? A process that firms... (posted by Meera 3 years 297 days ago.)

9. Does TUPE Have Ex Territorial Effect? This article considers whether a relevant transfer under TUPE reg. 3 can apply to the transfer of a UK business to a transferee based somewhere else in the world, to which country the business had been outsourced. Given the growth in off shore... (posted by Meera 3 years 303 days ago.)

10. Stress At Work and Employment Law. I wrote an article some time ago about bullying that occurs at work and what can be done about this. I also mentioned that there was no specific legislation that outlawed bullying itself in the work place, hence why we needed to incorporate an... (posted by Meera 3 years 305 days ago.)

11. Why do we need the New Sex Equality Laws 2008? Harriet Harman published her new proposals in her Equality Act 2008, calling for positive discrimination to take place in favour of women, so that there was a fairer representation between the sexes within the work place. No doubt this caused a... (posted by Meera 3 years 309 days ago.)

12. The Equality Act 2006 and the "Sikh Bangle case". Rights to Cultural Expression under the Equality Act 2006, and, the Sikh Bracelet fight in the High Court. The Equality Act 2006 (and the Race Relations Act 1976) provides protection for a person's religious belief and Sikhism is one of the... (posted by Meera 3 years 343 days ago.)

13. Are You Being Bullied or Harassed At Work? If So, What Protection Do You Have? Why have we not incorporated a Dignity at work Policy within the Employment Relations Act, in order to put bullying and harassment on a statutory footing in order to protect employees? There was a survey published whereby it was stated that 3.8... (posted by Meera 3 years 349 days ago.)