CLIP 88 Discrimination At Work: Teresa’s Story
8 mins 45 secs Hotel worker Teresa gets the sack. Her boss claims it’s because she’s been late for work. Teresa says it’s for being pregnant. But can it be discrimination?
CLIP 89 Health & Safety: Three Deaths In The Workplace
10 mins 37 secs A steel worker killed in an explosion, a man crushed by lifting gear, a steeplejack incinerated in a fire. What are the lessons for health and safety?
CLIP 90 Writing CVs
8 mins 40 secs Putting together your curriculum vitae is a vital part of any job application – but why do most people get it wrong? Neil Taylor presents the dos and don’ts.
CLIP 91 Health & Safety: The Victims
10 mins 25 secs Three stories of people who suffered fatal accidents at work. Their employers broke health and safety laws – but relatives feel justice was not done.
CLIP 98 Voices From The HR Department
8 mins 58 secs The challenge of HRM in companies from General Mills to Sainsbury’s. From recruiting and mentoring people – to disciplining and sacking them.
CLIP 99 Industrial Relations In Action
12 mins 24 secs Case Study. A non-unionised company plans to close a factory. A union intervenes to save jobs. Can the union win statutory recognition?
CLIP 100 Employee Representation & Trade Unions
10 mins 48 secs How employees get their voices heard. Historically trade unions played a key role – what do they do for workers today? Also: the role of ACAS.
CLIP 103 The Culture Of A Workplace
5 mins 53 secs A factory once had a co-operative, family atmosphere. But now morale is low and absenteeism high. What’s happened to its culture?
CLIP 106 Data Protection Case Study: The Worried Employee
5 mins 48 secs Rosie worries she’ll lose her job because of mistakes in her personnel records. But what data does her company hold? Has she a right to see it?
CLIP 107 The Information Commissioner
11 mins 32 secs David Smith explains his role in enforcing data protection law and his powers. Why is data protection important? What are the key threats?
CLIP 109 Termination of Employment Case Study 1: Gross Misconduct
10 mins 35 secs Jo is caught taking money from a fellow worker’s bag. She’s formally sacked for gross misconduct. But did her employer handle her case fairly?
CLIP 110 Termination of Employment Case Study 2: Redundancy
7 mins 21 secs MD Stephen Maynard wants to close a factory, making many people redundant. But the legal process is more complicated than he’d bargained for…