Author: Dan Jones

Harassment and Disability Discrimination in the Workplace  ACAS considers workplace bullying and harassment a widespread problem in the UK with serious implications for employees and businesses alike. Employers are encouraged to have a policy and to establish a culture of trust where anyone experiencing or witnessing bullying or harassment has the confidence in their employer Read More …

The latest quarterly Employment Tribunal statistics show that between October – December 2018 claims have increased a further 23% compared to the same period in 2017 and there are no signs of this slowing down. At DHJ Legal we now offer an employer protection scheme. The scheme provides legal expense insurance cover for legal costs Read More …

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) promotes and oversees compliance with data protection legislation in the UK. On 25 May 2018, a new data protection regime will come into force, through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Organisations that determine the purpose for which personal data is processed (controllers) must pay the ICO a data protection Read More …

New laws on the processing of data come into force in 2018. DHJ LEGAL has produced a booklet that explains the changes.  Click on the link below to access the booklet. https://simplebooklet.com/gdpr#page=0 We can assist your organisation in achieving data protection compliance.  Contact Dan Jones on 02920 020402 to discuss how we can help you. Read More …

2017 GENERAL ELECTION: A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE KEY POLICY STATEMENTS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT LAW IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BY THE THREE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES EU rights post-Brexit The Conservative Party would maintain the same rights after Brexit. The Labour Party would abolish the Great Repeal Bill and introduce an EU Rights and Protections Read More …

Requiring a job applicant with Asperger syndrome to sit a multiple choice aptitude test was disability discrimination In Government Legal Service (GLS) v Brookes, the EAT has upheld the decision of an employment tribunal that, in requiring a job applicant with Asperger syndrome to sit a multiple choice, ‘situational judgement test’ at the first stage Read More …

The Great Repeal Bill is less than a week old.  It will ensure the continuation of EU laws when the UK leaves the EU.  But for how long will all the laws survive and which laws are most at risk? During the ‘Labour years’  from 1997 there was an improvement in worker rights as a Read More …

  e petition discussed in the House of Commons On 6 March 2017, an e-petition, signed by over 150,000 people calling for it to be illegal for employers to require female employees to wear high heels at work, was discussed in the House of Commons. The government intends to take strong action (a matter of Read More …

The Trade Union Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional) Regulations 2017 The Trade Union Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional) Regulations 2017 will bring the main provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 into force on 1 March 2017. These include: Ballots: 50% turnout requirement Ballots in “important public services”: additional 40% support Read More …