Human Resources Disputes & Resolutions: The Manager's Guide to Employment Headaches & The Law

Human Resources Disputes and Resolutions gives the Human Resources professional lots of practical information about employment law by using case studies.

What is the procedure if an employee calls in sick but is later spotted in the park playing with his children? Employers may think they have grounds to serve a warning, but would they be within their rights to do so?

Harry Sherrard, a successful employment law solicitor, identified the need for HR professionals and line managers to understand the legal rules and procedures when dealing with workplace disputes and dilemmas. He and his colleagues created training workshops that offered more than the usual dry handling of the subject by encouraging delegates to share their experiences of workplace disputes or 'headaches', and participate in lively discussion to generate practical and legal resolutions.

Presented as a series of thought-provoking case studies, Human Resource Disputes & Resolutions is a compilation of some of the most common headaches discussed in the workshops. Using a questions and answers format, Sherrard provides a legal analysis to each incident and a resolution that is practical in application.

Varying from mild to extreme cases, this unique book is an indispensable learning opportunity for both beginners and those with experience within employment law.

About the Author

Harry Sherrard is the principal of Sherrards, a leading provider of employment law, HR consultancy and training services to the private, public and voluntary sectors, and has been a specialist employment lawyer for some 15 years. He is recognized as one of the leading employment lawyers in the South East. The Chambers directory, considered the most authoritative in the profession, describes him as 'incredibly well regarded' by clients and fellow lawyers.

Harry covers the full range of employment law work, with a particular speciality in redundancy and restructuring, having managed several large downsizing programmes for clients.

He writes and lectures widely on employment law issues and has conducted numerous training programmes for clients throughout London and the South East. He is an adviser to the Shadow DTI team at Westminster, and helps formulate its position on employment law policy.