Articles by Juliet Carp

Justice for fathers?

Juliet Carp welcomes a new addition to the family—transferable maternity leave

Strapped for cash

What do the new EU bonus rules mean for business, asks Juliet Carp

Time to get LinkedIn?

Juliet Carp reports on how to manage employee business connections

Who cares wins?

In Brief             ●     Employees are protected against discrimination because of their sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.              ●     However, the extent to which discrimination based on association is covered by the law is unclear (which affects carers).              ●     To make things more difficult, various pieces of legislation address different types of discrimination “by association” in different ways.

It's raining expats cases

Over the last few months English courts have been busy looking at when our laws apply to employees working abroad. In 2006 the House of Lords decided, in the joined cases of Lawson v Serco Ltd; Botham v Ministry of Defence; Crofts and others v Veta Ltd and others [2006] UKHL 3, [2006] All ER 823 that employees can only claim unfair dismissal in Britain if they are “employed in Great Britain”.

The Right to choose not to

Employees may complain about all sorts of things: hours, clothes, food, customers even colleagues with a different lifestyle or opinion. Generally, an employee must comply with his employer's instructions.

Forced out

Should UK employers ditch compulsory retirement? asks Juliet Carp