A good representation of HR professionals and business owners from companies across Hampshire were rewarded for their early start by hearing two informative and witty presentations by Alastair Hodge, an eminent employment barrister, and Laura Davis, Managing Director of HR Solutions 4U.
Laura Davis interspersed the serious points that she made about employers’ responsibilities with some hilarious real life examples given to companies as ‘reasons’ for not attending work due to sickness. These included the memorable example, ‘I’m suffering from pre-eclampsia’ – from a man!
Alastair Hodge discussed the key issues of employers' responsibilities under disability discrimination law and unfair dismissal on ill health grounds and gave case summaries highlighting the sometimes considerable costs to employers when sickness and absence issues are mishandled.
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