Nick’s review of recent cases looks at a case where a male employee claimed that a female manager had harassed him by giving him an unwanted shoulder massage. Secondly, we have a case which decides whether vegetarianism is a protected belief for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. Finally we consider a case about how a Tribunal should decide what is to happen to a claim, where a party has failed to lodge a Defence in time. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick’s latest podcast looks at a case on reinstatement orders following a successful unfair dismissal claim, holiday pay calculation and whether an employer can rely on material taken off an employee’s personal phone when dismissing the employee. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick looks at a recent case where the employee covertly recorded a discussion with her employer and then used the recording in her subsequent claim. The second case looks at whether Tribunals can decide to keep a Tribunal decision off the public register. The third case looks at whether an employer can make a pay offer directly to staff where there is a recognised trade union. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick looks at three cases, including the first case on restrictive covenants to get to the Supreme Court in a century. He also considers a case on whether it is discriminatory to pay men on paternity leave less than women on maternity leave, and what happens if a colleague posts an offensive image on Facebook which is said to amount to work related harassment. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick has recently done a podcast for the Employment Lawyers Association with the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (England and Wales). This short episode provides some further guidance if you wish to listen to that podcast. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick and two colleagues, Chris Fisher, and Katherine Fox take a look at what is coming up in employment law in the next 12 months. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick looks at what amounts to gross negligence, whether an alleged harasser can benefit from a restricted reporting order, and whether a discretionary bonus scheme had become contractual. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

In our 150th episode Nick reviews a case which considers whether Board directors were employees, to decide where those individuals could be sued. Secondly we have a case on the test for harassment, and whether the test is an objective one, or a wider test. Finally we have a key case on the personal liability of directors for breaches of contract by their company. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick looks at a case which considers whether it is unlawfully discriminatory for an employer to send a woman on maternity leave a crucial email to her work email address. The second case considers whether an employer making collective redundancies outside Great Britain could be sued in the English Tribunal system for alleged failures to consult. Finally we have a case on PHI policies and whether an employer could still dismiss an employee on notice when the employee was receiving PHI payments. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.

Nick is joined by Chris Milsom of Cloisters for this episode to discuss the case of London Borough of Lambeth v Agoreyo, dealing with the circumstances in which a disciplinary suspension may be a breach of contract. To follow Nick on Twitter, please go to Nicholas Robertson@NicholasRober11.