Many employers complain that the shortage of good quality candidates hinders business growth, so a good strategy at an early stage can help you.

Sometimes it feels that we’re just trying to juggle too many balls at the same time. Everyone goes through periods when we are incredibly busy at work. For many of us that sense of being full-on all the time is a way of life.

Recently, a client, a small retail employer, has been asking advice about how to progress a situation with a long-term employee, Sammi, who had a baby about two years ago and is now struggling to cope.

Maybe the July heatwave was at the root of some recent impulse decisions. In the last month several clients have had employees storm out, muttering darkly as they went, only to creep back a day or two later, somewhat pink round the ears and start working again.

One of the protections against disability discrimination is perceived discrimination. This arises where the employer mistakenly perceives there to be a disability, rather than discrimination on the grounds of an actual disability.