Be Aware UK: Employment law newsletter

Be Aware UK - February 2012

01 February 2012
by Guy Lamb, Sandra M Wallace

Welcome to the February edition of Be Aware.

In this month's edition:

• Guy Lamb, a partner in our Leeds office, considers the new unfair dismissal qualifying period which will come into effect in April
• In the HR matters column, Brian Campbell, a legal director in our Glasgow office, looks at some of the difficulties faced by organisations with the increase in popularity of online social media sites and how organisations can take steps to protect themselves
• In our regular equality and diversity feature 'Be inclusive: spotlight on diversity,' Sandra Wallace considers a recent case which demonstrates that the distinction between the two forms of statutory protection available under the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act are as significant as ever under the Equality Act 2010
• We reveal the results of November's 'Your say' question which asked whether your organisation welcomed the government's recent announcement to increase the qualification period for unfair dismissal from one year to two years of service