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Issue 20 - 07.11.2019
- 1. Asking about criminal convictions
- 2. The benefits of alcohol-free Christmas parties
- 3. Employee dismissed over WhatsApp “Wolfpack”
- 4. Transparent flexible and family-friendly policies
- 5. Agreements over training costs
- 6. What is a workplace “custom and practice”?
- 7. Conflicting protected characteristics
- 8. Acas issues menopause guidance
- 9. Q&A - when to interview witnesses
Issue 19 - 24.10.2019
- 1. National living wage changes
- 2. Are your “grey fleet” drivers properly insured?
- 3. Withdrawal of a job offer was discrimination
- 4. Calling employees who are long-term sick
- 5. What is a “provision, criterion or practice”?
- 6. How does payment for KIT days work?
- 7. Unfairly dismissed for lying during investigation
- 8. Key information for agency workers
- 9. Q&A - stand-up desks for laptop users
Issue 18 - 10.10.2019
- 1. What’s the law on payslips?
- 2. The new T Levels: what do you need to know?
- 3. Are vegetarians protected from discrimination?
- 4. Flexible working requests must be “valid”
- 5. Disclose your legal advice?
- 6. Employee ordered to pay colleague £2,769
- 7. Must you be informed about an HIV diagnosis?
- 8. DBS checks: 1 October 2019 fee changes
- 9. Q&A - an extra day’s pay during a leap year?
Issue 17 - 26.09.2019
- 1. Employee embarrassed by ruling
- 2. GDPR: €150,000 fine for getting “consent” wrong
- 3. Workplace plastic = dismissal
- 4. Interviews: can you ask about current salary?
- 5. Is an unsigned contract unenforceable?
- 6. Charity fundraisers and food safety laws
- 7. Unfairly dismissed for “pointing out staffing issues”
- 8. It’s “company policy to not pay SMP”
- 9. Q&A - can an employee alter an OHA report?
Issue 16 - 12.09.2019
- 1. Sorry, wrong EC number!
- 2. Helping employees with rail fare hikes
- 3. Ugh de cologne! How to deal with scent allergies
- 4. Employee has just left but wants to come back
- 5. When petty cash goes missing
- 6. Is making a covert recording gross misconduct?
- 7. “Happy Birthday” written inside condolence card
- 8. Missing out on Access to Work funds
- 9. Q&A - written reasons for dismissal
Issue 15 - 30.08.2019
- 1. Is removing paid rest breaks legal?
- 2. Can you be liable for offensive Facebook posts?
- 3. Are agency workers entitled to the same hours?
- 4. £13,500 for selling employer’s old mobile phones
- 5. A smooth return to work after maternity leave
- 6. How to deal with a whingeing employee
- 7. Disability discrimination: how long will this last?
- 8. New pensions re-enrolment tools
- 9. Q&A - illegal contracts and tribunal claims
Issue 14 - 04.07.2019
- 1. May bank holiday moved to Friday
- 2. When is an unfair dismissal claim out of time?
- 3. Must voluntary overtime be included in holiday pay?
- 4. A conversation with the current postholder
- 5. GDPR - privacy notices still missing
- 6. Don’t go heavy handed on the make up
- 7. Asking for a massage was sexual harassment
- 8. Q&A - SPL and self-employed partners
- 9. A smelly workplace problem
Issue 13 - 20.06.2019
- 1. Required to disclose pregnancy?
- 2. Time off for close family bereavements
- 3. When it’s OK to monitor staff e-mail
- 4. Grievances: should you interview everyone?
- 5. A must-have flexible working policy
- 6. Workplace parties, alcohol and accidents
- 7. £15,000 for employee who repeatedly made errors
- 8. Enhanced maternity pay isn’t discriminatory
- 9. Q&A - recording minor incidents
Issue 12 - 06.06.2019
- 1. Diabetic employee awarded £14,000
- 2. Working time records - how much detail?
- 3. Dealing with competing holiday requests
- 4. Paid time off for cervical screening?
- 5. Pay differences and discrimination
- 6. When is a dismissal automatically unfair?
- 7. 32% “too scared” to speak to line managers
- 8. Mental health-related discrimination claims
- 9. Q&A - the earliest date for maternity leave?
Issue 11 - 23.05.2019
- 1. No meeting = constructive dismissal
- 2. Summer’s here - let’s talk dress codes
- 3. Diversity training ends with harassment claim
- 4. Skiving but could allege discrimination
- 5. How much paid time off for workplace companions?
- 6. Can a promotion be subject to a probation period?
- 7. Arguing over tea break costs employer £20,000
- 8. Fake references and qualifications
- 9. Q&A - talking about medical conditions
Issue 10 - 10.05.2019
- 1. Brexit and right to work checks
- 2. Unfairly dismissed for “storing obscene material”
- 3. Get “back to the kitchen” comment nets £2,600
- 4. Employee refusing to release a medical report
- 5. Discipline an employee who fell for a scam?
- 6. Resignation: take three days to think about it
- 7. “Serial farter” accused of bullying
- 8. Hot-desking harms productivity
- 9. Q&A - TV licences for work PCs?
Issue 09 - 29.04.2019
- 1. Online shopper unfairly dismissed
- 2. Flexible working refused - that’s £35,000!
- 3. Issuing an “improvement note” for poor performance
- 4. Opting out of pensions auto-enrolment
- 5. Disciplinary matters when the police are involved
- 6. Legal rights and obligations during probation
- 7. Could an employee on HRT qualify as disabled?
- 8. Increase to tribunal Vento band awards
- 9. Q&A - noise and concentration problems
Issue 08 - 11.04.2019
- 1. Staff to access pay early?
- 2. £16,000 for flawed drug investigation
- 3. The downsides of a unlimited holiday policy
- 4. The employee who gives “no comment” answers
- 5. Can staff demand dairy-free milk and herbal teas?
- 6. Agency workers: who is liable for underpayments?
- 7. Personal accounts on business mobiles
- 8. Itemised pay statements for all
- 9. Q&A - Fixed-term contract to permanent
Issue 07 - 28.03.2019
- 1. Let’s ban working from home!
- 2. Employee called “baby farmer” wins various claims
- 3. New ruling on the 20-minute rest break
- 4. Could a written disciplinary hearing be the answer?
- 5. Must you accept additional notice?
- 6. How to deal with a “needy” employee
- 7. Paid “safe leave” for domestic abuse situations
- 8. Tear up the old Acas guidance!
- 9. Q&A - is asking “how are you” dangerous?
Issue 06 - 14.03.2019
- 1. Extra pay for bank holiday working?
- 2. Flexible working from day one?
- 3. Bisexual employee was unfairly dismissed
- 4. “Too stressed” to attend a disciplinary hearing
- 5. Employee refuses new job tasks
- 6. Is bad hay fever a disability?
- 7. Supporting breastfeeding employees
- 8. What’s a week’s pay from 6 April 2019?
- 9. Q&A - sending e-mails to personal accounts
Issue 05 - 28.02.2019
- 1. Criminal records checks unlawful?
- 2. You’re so old, we’re worried you might die!
- 3. Insist on sickness absence reports by phone
- 4. Checking a job candidate’s motivation
- 5. Is work equipment insured on holiday?
- 6. What working time records must be kept?
- 7. Is it worth becoming a Disability Confident employer?
- 8. New 52-week holiday pay reference period
- 9. Q&A - paying the new NMW rates
Issue 04 - 14.02.2019
- 1. Two-year delay costs £45,000
- 2. Don’t discuss work on messaging apps
- 3. Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation
- 4. The law on daily and weekly rest breaks
- 5. What is a constructive dismissal?
- 6. Unprofessionally bulging at the seams
- 7. Your rights when an employee is arrested
- 8. Naming scheme for unpaid tribunal awards
- 9. Q&A - holiday during maternity leave?
Issue 03 - 31.01.2019
- 1. A written statement on day one
- 2. E-mail inboxes: zero to infinity problems
- 3. Dismissal for “urinating in the yard” was unfair
- 4. Employees “fined” £100 for not doing work on time
- 5. Are “junior” and “senior” roles unlawful?
- 6. Alcohol-related performance problems
- 7. The online register of tribunal judgments
- 8. Right to work checks: short-form documents
- 9. Q&A - grounds for a disciplinary appeal
Issue 02 - 17.01.2019
- 1. Easier right to work checks
- 2. The future of zero-hours contracts
- 3. How to deal with the “job ghosting” trend
- 4. Unfairly dismissed due to breach of confidentiality
- 5. New hire has announced she’s having twins!
- 6. The difference between “employee” and “worker”
- 7. What happens to accrued holiday on death?
- 8. All modern slavery statements to be audited
- 9. Q&A - the use of capital letters in e-mails
Issue 01 - 20.12.2018
- 1. Interest-free season ticket loans
- 2. £1 million compensation over car park dispute
- 3. Increased use of performance enhancing drugs
- 4. Data subject access requests: illegible meeting notes
- 5. Redundancy and other job roles
- 6. The law on health and safety posters
- 7. Part timers, parity of hours and pay
- 8. New statutory payment rates for 2019/20
- 9. Q&A - new relationship affecting performance

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07 November 2019

Asking about criminal convictions

Research indicates that one in six people in the UK has a criminal record. Is it OK to ask every job applicant if they have any criminal convictions?

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