CLIP 127 Apple – Responsible Corporation?
7 mins 43 secs Apple has amazing products, but they’re made by people in China working long hours on low wages. Some have killed themselves. Is Apple to blame?
CLIP 121 Motivation Case Study: Imran – “Everything’s Fine”
9 mins 11 secs Why’s Imran making fewer sales? Economic conditions – or is he losing motivation? Would he do better with a bonus system? Is racism a factor?
CLIP 114 Employment Law: “He Wanted To Take It Further”
5 mins 26 secs Case study. Rosie’s been made redundant but believes she’s been treated unfairly compared to a more junior colleague. Will the law help her?
CLIP 113 Employment Law: Joe: “But I’m Not Gay”
5 mins 08 secs Case study. Joe’s being teased at work for being gay – although he isn’t. His boss won’t help – but has Joe got a case in employment law?
CLIP 112 Contracts Of Employment: A Cautionary Tale
9 mins 25 secs Case study. An employer is surprised to find that just by employing someone you give them a contract – and also rights, such as maternity leave.
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…
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 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 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 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 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 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?