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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 LawBanking: From IBORs to RFRs
In this joint Morton Fraser and Lloyds Bank podcast, Ross Caldwell (partner, Banking & Finance at Morton Fraser) and Brian Fraser (Director of IBOR…
MFMac: Employment LawEmployment Law: How have Employment Tribunals been dealing with unfair dismissal claims relating to Covid-19 health and safety issues?
David Hossack and Helen Donnelly discuss how Employment Tribunals have been dealing with unfair dismissal claims stemming from health and safety issues in the…
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Employment Law: Pub, pints and possibly unfair dismissal
In this week's podcast David Hossack discusses with Fiona Meek whether an employer can dismiss an employee who is seen in the pub during sick leave.
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Dealing with Problems During Mediation
In this ninth and penultimate podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna discuss some of the…
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Emergence from COVID - What is next for the real estate sector ?
Property Insolvency specialist John Gallacher discusses the state of the property market and restructuring regimes with Alan Meek, Head of Restructuring and…
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Employment Law: Flexible working and the 'childcare disparity'
In this week's podcast David Hossack and Caroline Maher look at the case of Dobson v North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in which the Employment…
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Employment Law: Gender critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about the recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a belief that sex cannot be changed can be a protected…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - What happens at mediation?
In this eighth podcast from our series on how to best represent your clients at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna look at what happens during the…
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Employment Law: Menopause can be a disability, what employers need to know
David Hossack talks to discrimination expert Sarah Gilzean about recent case law where claimants have been successful in arguing that their menopausal symptoms…
MFMac: Employment LawImmigration Law: Changes to Right to Work Guidance
Immigration expert, Stuart McWilliams and employment specialist, David Hossack discuss upcoming changes to the process of carrying out right to work checks and…
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Employment Law: UK Employers Spend Billions on Conflict Every Year: Is there a better way?
"Estimating the Costs of Workplace Conflict", a report by ACAS, confirms that the consequences of workplace conflict are costing employers huge amounts of…
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Employment Law: Safety at Work and Covid:19 - changed priorities ahead?
In our weekly employment law podcast, personal injury expert Derek Couper discusses with David Hossack how employers can best safeguard employee wellbeing and…
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Employment Law: How does an employment tribunal quantify injury to feelings in discrimination claims?
In our weekly podcast, Partner David Hossack and solicitor Fiona Meek take a look at how discrimination claims are compensated, focussing on injury to feelings…
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Employment Law: Annual CIPD health and wellbeing survey - a watershed moment for wellbeing?
In this week's employment law podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the annual CIPD health and wellbeing survey and consider whether the coronavirus…
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Employment Law: Asda Equal Pay - Women working in stores can compare their pay with men in distribution centres
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about the latest instalment of the long running equal pay litigation against Asda
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Preparing for Mediation (Part Two)
In this seventh podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna look at the factors to consider in…
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Employment Law: Can employers dismiss employees who stay at home over COVID H&S fears?
In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Caroline Maher discuss the case of an employee who refused to attend work due to COVID-19 concerns as well as looking…
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Employment Law: How Employers can Navigate a Safe Return to the Workplace
As restrictions continue to ease, David Hossack and Laura McKenna discuss some of the things employers should consider in order to ensure a safe return to the…
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Key differences when litigating in Scotland and England
Julie Hamilton looks at and provides an understanding of some of the key differences when litigating in Scotland and England.
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Employment Law: Unfair dismissal - what are the consequences of a successful claim?
In our weekly employment law podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the options open to an Employment Tribunal in the event of a successful claim.
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Employment Law: Unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal and wrongful dismissal - what's the difference?
In our weekly employment law podcast, employment law specialists Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the difference between unfair dismissal, wrongful…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Preparing for Mediation (Part One)
In this sixth podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna consider how to prepare your case for…
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Immigration Law: Checking EU nationals right to work after Brexit
David Hossack and Stuart McWilliams discuss how right to work checks have been affected by the recent changes to immigration law and what steps employers…
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Employment Law: The future of Shared Parental Leave - time for an update?
Sarah Gilzean talks to Rachel Crasnow QC about what the future may hold for Shared Parental Leave, the impact of recent case law and the case for reform of the…
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Employment Law: Does raising a grievance impact on the success of a constructive dismissal claim?
In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and Fiona Meek look at the law of constructive dismissal and discuss a recent case which looked at the issue of…
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Employment Law: Stale diversity training won't protect employers from harassment claims
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about a recent case where it was found that the employer's diversity training had gone 'stale' and that they should have…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Selecting a Mediator
In this fifth podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna discuss where to look and some key…
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Employment Law: What's coming up in April?
In our weekly employment law podcast, Innes Clark discusses with David Hossack the key employment law changes happening in April including the extension of the…
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Employment Law: Pregnant Employees' Rights during the COVID pandemic
we look at the obligations employers owe any pregnant members of staff during the COVID pandemic and what steps employers and pregnant employees should take to…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Dealing with Obstacles to Mediation
In this fourth podcast from our series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna explore some of the obstacles that…
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Employment Law: Working Parents and School Closures: the Impossible Juggle?
In our latest podcast, we look at the impact the COVID pandemic school closures have had on working parents, particularly working mums. We explore what options…
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Employment Law: Covert workplace recordings - issues for employers to consider
In our latest employment law podcast, David Hossack and Fiona Meek discuss the approach Employment Tribunals take towards covert recordings and some of the…
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Employment Law: Vaccine Passport to Pimlico
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about whether employers can compel staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and whether it might be discriminatory to do so.
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - When is the Best Time to Mediate?
In this third podcast from our new series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna explore some of the factors to…
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Employment Law: What to expect in 2021 - Part 3
In the final part of our podcast on what to expect in 2021, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the cases that are likely to make the headlines this year.
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Employment Law: What to expect in 2021 - Part 2
In part 2 of a 3 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the employment law changes that can be expected in the second half of 2021 and beyond.
MFMac: Employment LawBrexit: Free Trade Agreement - The Breakdown
Director of Key Clients and Tenders, Ruth McCallister and Legal Director, Lynda Towers discuss the Free Trade Agreement following the UK's departure from the…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand By Your Client - Why Mediate?
In this second podcast from our new series on how to best represent your client at mediation, David Hossack and Laura McKenna explore some of the reasons why…
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Employment Law: Taylor v Jaguar - What employers can learn about diversity and inclusion
In this podcast Sarah Gilzean talks to Robin White, the barrister for the successful claimant in the recent case of Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover. They discuss…
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Employment Law : What to expect in 2021 - Part 1
In part 1 of a 3 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the employment law changes that can be expected in the first half of 2021.
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Employment Law: Dismissing employees with less than 2 years' service - tactics to reduce the risk of a claim
In part 2 of a 2 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the practical steps that employers can take to reduce the risk of an Employment Tribunal…
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Employment Law: Dismissing employees with less than 2 years' service - the risks
In part 1 of a 2 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the risks for employers when dismissing employees with less than 2 years' service.
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Stand by your client
Mediators from Morton Fraser, David Hossack and Laura McKenna are providing a new series of podcast for lawyers who want to know more about how to get the best…
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Employment Law: Review of the year 2020 - Part 2
In part 2 of our review of the year, Innes Clark and David Hossack look at the key employment law issues from June onwards.
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Employment Law: Review of the year 2020 - Part 1
In part 1 of a 2 part podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack look back at the earlier part of 2020 and discuss the key employment law developments that made…
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Brexit: Only 20 windows left on the Brexit advent calendar
Ruth McCallister talks with Lynda Towers as we count down to 31st December. What are the likely impacts - on individuals as well as businesses and…
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Employment Law: Non-binary employee covered by Equality Act and caution for employers when dealing with transphobic harassment
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about the case of Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover, which found that non-binary employees are covered by the Equality Act and…
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Employment Law: Is it discrimination to be dismissed for Facebook posts opposing LGBT education?
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about a recent case where the claimant's religious views were found to be protected by the Equality Act but the employer…
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Employment Law: Can employers really pay people with red hair more?
David Hossack talks to Sarah Gilzean about how far employers have to go to explain differences in pay between men and women in equal pay cases
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Employment Tribunal Award Statistics: one drunk man and a lamppost... what's the connection?
Innes Clark and David Hossack illuminate the recently published Employment Tribunal award statistics.
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Immigration Law: Immigration and Parental Child Abduction Advice
Marisa Cullen (Family) and Stuart McWilliams (Immigration) discuss international child abduction and the possible immigration issues that can be associated.
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Employment Law: Furlough Guidance Issued
In our latest employment podcast, David Hossack and Sarah Gilzean discuss the guidance issued on 10 November in relation to the extended Furlough scheme.
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Employment Law: Return of Furlough
David Hossack and Lindsey Cartwight consider the extension of the Furlough scheme announced on 5 November and implications flowing from that
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Employment Law: Late changes bolster Job Support Scheme before launch
The Government 's Job Support Scheme comes into force on 1 November. Significant late changes were made to provide more support for some employers in certain…
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Employment Law: Dismissal before a conviction
In our weekly podcast, David Hossack and solicitor, Fiona Meek, discuss the decision of the EAT which held that the decision to dismiss an employee charged…
MFMac: Employment LawFamily: Can I still get divorced in the middle of a pandemic?
Family law specialists Lucia Clark and Dianne Millen explain the practicalities of getting expert advice if you and your partner are separating during COVID-19…
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Employment Law: Virtual Employment Tribunal hearings
In this week's employment podcast, David Hossack speaks to solicitor advocate, Dr Andrew Gibson, about his experience of virtual hearings before the Employment…
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Employment Law: Redundancy procedure - softening the blow
In the final episode of our redundancy procedure podcast series, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the importance of implementing any redundancy in a…
MFMac: Employment LawMediation: Start them young
In the latest of our "Stuck in the Middle" podcasts mediator David Hossack is joined by guests Sarah Welsh and Kathryn Hilditch from Scottish Mediation to…
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Employment Law: Redundancy procedure - alternative employment
In the sixth episode of our redundancy procedure podcast series, David Hossack and Innes Clark discuss the requirement to look for alternative employment…