British Home Stores Ltd v Burchell [1978] UKEAT/108/78/2007 – Page 2

Surveillance At Work: Watching the detectives

Employers need to take care when monitoring employees or hiring private investigators to gather evidence about their activities, warn David Green and Caroline Buckley ‘More sophisticated technology makes it easier for employers to investigate what their employees are doing, but they do not have an unfettered right to monitor individuals’ activities.’ In a recent case, …

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Disciplinary Procedures: You have been warned

Old mistakes made when disciplining employees can come back to bite employers if they later decide to dismiss, caution Nicholas Robertson and Karen Stewart ‘Employers looking to dismiss may try to do so on the basis that the last example of misconduct is sufficient to justify dismissal, and that it is worthy of dismissal when …

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