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MFMac: Employment Law
A podcast offering clear, practical guidance on UK employment law and HR issues. Hosted by David Hossack, a highly experienced employment lawyer at MFMac, one of Scotland's top independent law firms. Each episode features insights from our experienced employment lawyers on key issues including all the latest employment law developments in Scotland, England and Wales, as well as regular guest speakers discussing a wide variety of UK employment law-related issues. Designed for HR professionals…
Episodes
MFMac: Employment LawWorkplace disputes - the top 5 reasons why employees sue their employers
In this week's podcast, David Hossack and Hayley Johnson discuss the key factors that lead to employees taking action against their employer.
MFMac: Employment LawReflections on the health and wellbeing at work survey from CIPD/Simplyhealth
Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the key findings of this wide ranging survey including the main causes of workplace stress and the pivotal role of…
MFMac: Employment LawInclusive workspaces - supporting neurodiversity in the workplace
David Hossack speaks to Hannah Marshall on what employers can do to change their workplace practices to better support neurodiverse employees and what…
MFMac: Employment LawEthnicity Pay Gap Reporting - What's Next?
David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about the updated position on UK Government plans for Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting and what the…
MFMac: Employment LawInjury to feelings awards increase for discrimination claims
With the latest increases to the Vento bands coming into force in April, David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss how an Employment Tribunal approaches…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Tribunal finds employee was harassed in relation to comments about menopause and unfairly dismissed following her raising Covid concerns.
n our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss a recent employment tribunal case which saw an employee automatically unfairly dismissed following…
MFMac: Employment LawUkraine: protecting those seeking work from exploitation
In our weekly employment podcast, David Hossack and Lindsey Cartwright discuss some of the potential implications of so many Ukrainians being displaced so…
MFMac: Employment LawStuck in the Middle, an interview with mediator Anna Howard
In this podcast in our "Stuck in the Middle" mediation series, David Hossack speaks with mediator and author Anna Howard about her insightful book on mediation…
MFMac: Employment LawApril employment law changes - what employers need to know
In our weekly employment law podcast, David Hossack and Innes Clark discuss the key employment law changes taking place in April.
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: P&O Ferries - Dismissed without warning
In our weekly employment podcast, David Hossack and Lindsey Cartwright discuss the recent high profile mass dismissals involving employees of P&O Ferries and…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: What is "Jobfishing" and what can employees do to protect themselves?
In our weekly employment podcast, Elise Turner and David Hossack discuss the recent BBC Three documentary "Jobfished". This reported the story of 52…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: If an employer pays in lieu of notice following a resignation does that convert the resignation into a dismissal?
In our weekly employment law podcast David Hossack and Innes Clark discuss a recent case where the key issue was whether payment of a contractual PILON…
MFMac: Employment Law#BreakTheBias
As we celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, Chair Jenny Dickson, HR Director Martin Glover and Senior Associate Sarah Gilzean sit down to discuss the importance…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Do lawyers use mediation? - Survey results
In the quest to encourage the use of mediation as an effective method to resolve disputes, mediators David Hossack and Laura McKenna surveyed lawyers in…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: Holiday pay claims post-Pimlico
In our weekly employment podcast, David Hossack and Lindsey Cartwright discuss the implications of the latest case concerning holiday pay as it relates to the…
MFMac: Employment LawChanging Seat as a Trainee Solicitor
As part of the traineeship program here it at Morton Fraser, it is customary to rotate to different divisions every 6 months in order to gain new experiences…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: Can an employee remove confidential documents belonging to their employer in order to seek legal advice?
In our weekly employment podcast, David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss a recent case which looked at whether employees are entitled to remove confidential…
MFMac: Employment LawPersonal Injury: Funding Claims and Recovering Expenses
In the sixth and final episode of our series, David Hossack discusses issues around funding claims and recovering expenses with experts Nicola Edgar and Derek…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: The Right to Disconnect
Employment law experts, David Hossack and Helen Donnelly discuss how the proposed right to disconnect outside of contracted working hours might be received in…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: Can an employer be held liable for injuries following a practical joke that went wrong?
In our weekly podcast David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss a recent case where an employer was not found to be liable following injuries suffered by an…
MFMac: Employment LawPersonal Injury: Case Law Update
In the fifth episode of our six-part masterclass in personal injury and medical negligence claims series, David Hossack discusses recent case law with experts…
MFMac: Employment LawFamily: Divorce and Farming in Scotland
In a new podcast, Family Law expert Lucia Clark sits down with Agriculture and Rural Partner, Matthew Barclay to discuss 'A Practical Guide to Divorce and…
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Employment Law: Academic described as 'naturally loud' and a 'marmite character' awarded over £100,000 in compensation
In our weekly employment podcast, David Hossack and Mark Pelosi discuss an Employment Tribunal's decision concerning a lengthy suspension and disciplinary…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stuck in the Middle - Listen
In the latest 'Stuck in the Middle' mediation podcast series, mediator David Hossack is joined by esteemed author Kathryn Mannix to discuss her important book…
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Employment Law: Refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19 sees care assistant fairly dismissed
In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss a very recent and topical Employment Tribunal decision where an employee was found to be fairly…
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Personal Injury: Impact of Covid-19 on Personal Injury Litigation
In the fourth episode of our six-part masterclass in personal injury and medical negligence claims series, David Hossack discusses the impact of Covid-19 on…
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Employment Law: What expenses should be taken into account when calculating whether an employee has been paid the national minimum wage?
In our weekly employment podcast, David Hossack and Nicole Moscardini discuss the recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Augustine v Data Cars Ltd in which…
MFMac: Employment LawThe journey from trainee to partner
Following the recent appointment of several partners, chair, Jenny Dickson speaks with recently promoted Jack Kerr about his journey from trainee solicitor to…
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Employment Law: What to expect in 2022 - Part 2
In part 2 of a 2 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss what to expect on the employment law front in the second half of 2022 as well as…
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Personal Injury: Quantum
In the third episode of our six-part masterclass in personal injury and medical negligence claims series, David Hossack discusses with experts Nicola Edgar and…
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Employment Law: What to expect 2022 - Part 1
In part 1 of a 2 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss what to expect on the employment law front in the first half of 2022.
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Employment Law: Review of the Year 2021 - Part 2
In the second part of a two part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look back at what happened in employment law in the second half of 2021.
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Employment Law: Review of the Year 2021 - Part 1
In our weekly employment law podcast Innes Clark and David Hossack look back at what happened in employment law in the first half of 2021.
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Personal Injury: Liability
In the second episode of our six-part series, David Hossack discusses with experts Nicola Edgar and Derek Couper their insights on establishing liability in…
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Employment Law: A costly lesson for employers looking to circumvent pay bargaining with their trade unions
Sarah Gilzean talks to barrister Stuart Brittenden about the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Kostal v Dunkley and the costly lesson for employers…
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Employment Law: Christmas Parties in 2021
Employment lawyer, Fiona Meek and personal injury expert Derek Couper discuss Christmas events with David Hossack including "after party" Christmas events and…
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Adaptation, Loss and Damage - Before and After COP26
Following the close of negotiations at COP26, Nick Atkins and Isabel MacSwan discuss the previous framework for the concept of Loss & Damage and how this was…
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Employment Law: 14 year old employee discriminated against on the grounds of age
Whilst most age discrimination cases focus on older employees, in our weekly employment podcast David Hossack and Caroline Maher discuss an interesting…
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Personal Injury: Masterclass in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence Claims
In the first episode of our six-part series discussing personal injury and medical negligence claims, experts, David Hossack, Nicola Edgar and Derek Couper…
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Employment Law: Can supporting a particular football club amount to a philosophical belief?
Following recent media reports that an individual is seeking to argue that his support of Rangers Football Club amounts to a philosophical belief for the…
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Employment Law: Employer liability in whistleblowing claims
Can a line be drawn between an employer's decision to dismiss and the actions of a manager?
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Employment Law: Ethical veganism as a protected belief: Jordi Casamitjana's journey to success
Sarah Gilzean talks to Jordi Casamitjana about how he succeeded in establishing protection under the Equality Act for his beliefs as an ethical vegan and what…
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Employment Law: A "haunting" reminder for employers about the importance of a fair investigation in unfair dismissal cases
With Halloween fast approaching, David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss a recent Employment Tribunal decision in which a teacher was unfairly dismissed after a…
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Mentoring the future
Each one of us has a role to play in shaping the people of tomorrow. Mentoring is such a fantastic way to achieve that and is one of the reasons we're working…
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Employment Law: Tribunal claim risks and what employers need to prepare for
In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Innes Clark discuss 3 areas of risk that employers are currently facing as well as looking at what employers should…
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Employment Law: Argument over chicken nuggets results in unfair dismissal
In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and Senior Solicitor Fiona Meek discuss a recent Employment Tribunal case which centred around a dismissal for…
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Employment Law: Failure to consider flexible working request properly costs employer over £180,000
In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and Senior Solicitor Fiona Meek discuss a recent case which has been in the news, where an employee was awarded a…
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Employment Law: Can calling someone a grandma amount to age discrimination?
In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and Senior Solicitor Fiona Meek discuss a recent case where the Employment Tribunal looked at the question of age…
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In conversation with Alan Wilson of SELECT
Neil Kelly, Partner, is joined by Alan Wilson, Managing Director of SELECT and Chair of the Scottish Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV), to discuss…
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What Inclusion week means to us
Morton Fraser joins the call to be #UnitedForInclusion as we work to create a platform for our young people to be and do whatever they want. Whether your…
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Employment Law: Employee monitoring and home working
In our latest podcast, David Hossack discusses with Alan Delaney the hot topic of monitoring workers at home as well as the privacy implications of the…
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Employment Law: Is it discrimination to send a pregnant employee home because of Covid risks?
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about the recent case of Prosser v community gateway association ltd and what employers should consider when dealing with…
MFMac: Employment LawImmigration Law: Extension of Right to Work concessions
David Hossack and Stuart McWilliams discuss how COVID has affected Right to Work checks, and what the extension of these concessions means for employers.
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Employment Law: When is the dismissal of an employee following a criminal charge fair?
Has a new approach to the potentially fair reason for dismissal of an employee following their arrest and charge, but before conviction, been identified?
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Online / Remote Mediation
In the tenth and final podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna discuss the advantages and…
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Employment Law: ECJ ruling on religious dress to be treated with caution
David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about a recent case where the ECJ found that banning all forms of religious dress was not…
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Immigration Law: Right to work after Brexit
David Hossack and business immigration expert Stuart McWilliams discuss what an employer should do if they identify a member of staff who has missed the…
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Employment Law: Essentials for the Autumn
In our weekly employment law podcast employment law specialists David Hossack and Innes Clark look at the issues that employers need to be considering right…
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Employment Law: Duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace to be introduced
David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about the UK Government's wide-ranging proposals for new legislation to prevent sexual harassment…
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Employment Law: Long Covid - what are the implications for employers?
David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about Long Covid and the implications for employers, including whether Long Covid amounts to a…