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Are you an HR Professional or employment lawyer? Do you love employment law? Employment Law Matters is presented by London employment law barrister Daniel Barnett. You'll learn how to deal with tricky, practical, employment law and HR issues in regular, weekly, bite-sized chunks.

Employment Law Matters Daniel Barnett

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    • 4.9 • 427 Ratings

Are you an HR Professional or employment lawyer? Do you love employment law? Employment Law Matters is presented by London employment law barrister Daniel Barnett. You'll learn how to deal with tricky, practical, employment law and HR issues in regular, weekly, bite-sized chunks.

    S8E03 - Spotting the Liar in a Workplace Investigation

    S8E03 - Spotting the Liar in a Workplace Investigation

    In this episode, you'll learn all about how to handle a 'he said, she said' situation.
    This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd, Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

    Leave a review for this podcast before 11 June 2024 and win a prize - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastreviews

    🎁 FREE STUFF
    Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
    Employer’s guide to redundancy - go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy
    My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
    HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
    The Virtual Employment Law Academy – www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com
    Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
    Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com
    Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
    Changing Terms and Conditions course - go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms
    Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    📚 BOOKS
    My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

    🌞 WHO AM I:
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ☎️ CONTACT ME:
    Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response from me.  Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

    Some of the links in this description are to my own products or are affiliate links.

    • 38 min
    S8E02 - Unfair Dismissal pitfalls

    S8E02 - Unfair Dismissal pitfalls

    In this episode, Daniel discusses Unfair Dismissal pitfalls with Andrew Allen from Outer Temple Chambers. You'll learn...
    Why the perfect conduct investigation doesn’t need to be perfectWhat the first thing you should do is if an employee threatens litigation; and,Why you shouldn’t stinge on holiday pay termination paymentsThis podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd, Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

    Leave a review for this podcast before 11 June 2024 and win a prize - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastreviews

    🎁 FREE STUFF
    Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
    Employer’s guide to redundancy - go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy
    My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
    HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
    The Virtual Employment Law Academy – www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com
    Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
    Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com
    Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
    Changing Terms and Conditions course - go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms
    Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    📚 BOOKS
    My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

    🌞 WHO AM I:
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ☎️ CONTACT ME:
    Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response from me.  Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time

    • 40 min
    S8E01 - Are you ready for April 2024?

    S8E01 - Are you ready for April 2024?

    In this episode, you'll learn: 
    The new rules on flexible workingThe national minimum wage changes Changes to redundancy protection for employeesThis podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd,  Policies 2024 and by the HR Inner Circle.

    Leave a review for this podcast before 11 June 2024 and win a prize -
    www.danielbarnett.com/podcastreviews

    🎁 FREE STUFF
    Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
    Employer’s guide to redundancy - go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy
    My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
    HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
    The Virtual Employment Law Academy – www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com
    Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
    Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com
    Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
    Changing Terms and Conditions course - go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms
    Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    📚 BOOKS
    My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

    🌞 WHO AM I:
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ☎️ CONTACT ME:
    Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response from me.  Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

    Some of the links in thi

    • 21 min
    Season 8 coming soon...

    Season 8 coming soon...

    This podcast is supported by Policies 2024 and by HR Inner Circle.

    🎁 FREE STUFF
    Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
    Employer’s guide to redundancy - go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy
    My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
    HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
    The Virtual Employment Law Academy – www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com
    Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
    Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com
    Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
    Changing Terms and Conditions course - go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms
    Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    📚 BOOKS
    My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

    🌞 WHO AM I:
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ☎️ CONTACT ME:
    Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response from me.  Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.

    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

    Some of the links in this description are to my own products or are affiliate links.

    • 1 min
    Bonus episode: The Colour Purple, the Actress, and her Anti-Gay Beliefs

    Bonus episode: The Colour Purple, the Actress, and her Anti-Gay Beliefs

    In this bonus episode recorded on 6 March 2024, before season 8 kicks off, we discuss today's judgment from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates, involving a religious Christian actress with anti-gay views who was dismissed from her job as the lead role, playing a lesbian, in The Colour Purple.

    Link to full Judgment

    If you're an HR Professional, come and join me at www.hrsecretstour.com

    🎁 FREE STUFF
    Employment law updates - www.danielbarnett.co.uk
    Employer’s guide to redundancy - go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy
    My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
    The Virtual Employment Law Academy – www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com
    Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com
    Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
    Changing Terms and Conditions course - go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms
    Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    My recommended transcription service for grievances, disciplinaries and interviews - https://go.danielbarnett.com/rev

    📚 BOOKS
    My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Deconstructing TUPE (see all books).

    🌞 WHO AM I:
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ☎️ CONTACT ME:
    Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response from me.  Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.


    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

    Some of the links in this description are to my own products or are affiliate links.

    • 8 min
    S7E10 - What is malingering and how do you spot it?

    S7E10 - What is malingering and how do you spot it?

    In this episode, the following topics will be discussed:
    The four different types of malingeringThe early signs of malingering and how to look out for themMalingering to avoid a disciplinary hearingThis podcast  is supported by WorkNest and by Watershed and by the HR Inner Circle (the UK's leading community for smart, ambitious HR Professionals). 
    If you're an HR Professional, come and join me at www.hrsecretstour.com

    🎁 FREE STUFF
    Employment law updates - www.danielbarnett.co.uk
    Employer’s guide to redundancy - go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy
    My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk

    💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
    The Virtual Employment Law Academy – www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com
    Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
    Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com
    Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
    Changing Terms and Conditions course - go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms
    Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

    My recommended transcription service for grievances, disciplinaries and interviews - https://go.danielbarnett.com/rev

    📚 BOOKS
    My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Deconstructing TUPE (see all books).

    🌞 WHO AM I:
    I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

    ☎️ CONTACT ME:
    Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response from me.  Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.


    ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
    This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

    Some of the links in this description are to my own products or are affiliate links.

    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
427 Ratings

427 Ratings

zercyss ,

Employment Law Guru & Essential Resource for HR Professionals

Navigating the intricate world of employment law can often feel like traversing a labyrinth without a map. Fortunately, Daniel Barnett’s “Employment Law Matters” emerges as a lighthouse amidst this complexity, offering clear, concise, and engaging discussions that are as informative as they are insightful. Listening to this podcast isn’t just an auditory experience—it’s an educational journey that arms you with the knowledge to tackle employment law challenges with confidence. Daniel Barnett excels in breaking down complex legal jargon into understandable language, making the podcast accessible not only to legal professionals but also to laypersons interested in the nuances of employment law. Each episode is meticulously researched and presented with a clarity that reflects Barnett’s profound expertise and passion for the subject matter. The topics covered are timely and relevant, ranging from workplace discrimination to contractual issues and beyond. Barnett’s ability to dissect landmark cases and explain legal principles in simple terms is unmatched. His interviews with leading experts add a rich layer of depth to the discussions, offering multiple perspectives on pressing issues. What sets “Employment Law Matters” apart is its commitment to education. Barnett frequently incorporates listener questions, enhancing the interactive feel of the podcast and ensuring that it remains relevant to audience needs. By the end of each episode, listeners not only gain a deeper understanding of employment law but also learn how to apply this knowledge in real-world scenarios. In a sea of legal podcasts, “Employment Law Matters” stands out as a beacon of knowledge and clarity. It is a must-listen for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of employment law without getting lost in the legalese. Whether you’re a seasoned lawyer, or a human resources professional, Daniel Barnett’s podcast is your gateway to becoming well-versed in employment law. If knowledge is power, then “Employment Law Matters” is a powerhouse that equips its listeners with the tools to navigate the legal landscape effectively and confidently.

HRM1550 ,

Informative and clear guidance

These podcasts always give clear and practical information and guidance and get straight to the point. Having said that, they are not dry, they are engaging and so helpful.

Ecam2 ,

Fantastic Podcast

Brilliant podcast with all the information you need as a HR professional on aspects of employment law. Easy to understand and with lots of tips to make navigating employment law easy!

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