Risky Business – Lying on CVs
Whilst the implications when someone has lied on their CV will to some extent depend on the nature of the falsehood, any job applicant who bends the truth on their CV will be taking a real risk.
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Bob Fahy Associate
01908 687973
Email: bob.fahy@mablaw.com
About Bob:
Bob qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and joined Matthew Arnold and Baldwin in May 2006 from Fennemores solicitors in Milton Keynes. His practice covers all aspects of contentious and non contentious employment work, acting mainly for employers and senior executives.
Examples of recent and current work include advising a telecommunications engineering company on a restructuring exercise involving a number of redundancies, representing an international logistics company on a complex multi-claimant unfair dismissal claim under the TUPE regulations and advising a senior executive at a FTSE-100 listed group of companies in the hotel and catering industry on her exit from the company and severance package.
Bob regularly writes articles for the legal and HR press and speaks at MAB and external seminars. Bob was made an Associate in April 2010.
Recent input from Bob Fahy:
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The case of a council worker who was harassed and then sacked for blowing the whistle on the Council’s management provides some useful lessons for businesses that have to deal with allegations from employees...
Disciplinary Allegations – employees’ responses must be considered
A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Edinburgh is a useful reminder to employers of the need properly to consider their employees' responses to disciplinary allegations.
In the case...
Court of Appeal rejects appeal in Eweida v British Airways plc
The Court of Appeal's recent judgment in the case of Eweida v British Airways plc sheds further light on how employment tribunals should interpret issues relating to clothing, jewellery and appearance...
BA v Unite rumbles on
The much-publicized dispute between British Airways plc and Unite regarding changes to the number of BA cabin crew on long haul flights and a proposed 2-year pay freeze continues to rumble on. BA and...
“Fit notes” to be launched in April 2010
Following a consultation period between 28 May and 31 August 2009, The UK Government has now confirmed that it intends to replace the current sick note scheme with "fit notes" (or, more formally, "Statements...
