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Employment Rights Online: The Podcast - is a podcast for employees and workers! The podcast looks at all things to do with employment rights, employment wrongs and other job related matters. Dr Asher Sefanit-Wudasee, your podcast host, is an experienced employment rights advocate, having spent 25 years working with trade unions whilst also serving as an Employment Tribunal Lay Judge. Dr Asher delves into these subjects from the point of view of all types of employees and workers! There are podcasts out there, that focus on what employers need to know, to be ahead of problems their staff might have or might cause for their business. Employment Rights Online comes at the subject of 'employment rights' from the position of workers and workers' rights! Want to know how to deal with bullying at work, how to manage toxic relationships, or about grievance and disciplinary procedures or how to manage disputes at work - this is the podcast for you. Want to know about how your job might be affected by the working time directive, flexible working or lone working - this is the podcast for you! Are you interested in what your boss might be looking at during your forthcoming appraisal - we can help with that. Looking to repair your damaged professional reputation because of poor treatment at work - we can help with that. This podcast covers these problems and many more. We believe that the time to get on terms with your employment rights is when things are calm at work and not when things are going wrong! When things are calm, it's much easier to take the information in and follow through with employment protection actions. And that's why we're here! Employment Rights Online: The Podcast, aims to bridge that gap between not knowing about employment rights - and being able to take effective actions to protect yourself and your rights at work. Whilst Employment Rights Online has sought to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date, Dr Asher and Employment Rights Online are not responsible and will not be held liable for any inaccuracies and, or related consequences, including any loss arising from relying on this information. If you are in need of legal advise to address an employment problem, please contact your usual services as soon as possible for advice.
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Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In last week’s podcast episode we talked about polygamous working. This week’s episode is about those real UK cases and workers who held multiple full-time jobs at the same time, without telling their employers, how long they did it, how much they earned (or tried to earn), and the costly consequences that followed. Some workers have taken on freelance gigs or le...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there This week we take a look at the often controversial world of polygamous working. If you don’t know what that is, or whether this is something you are practicing, this is the podcast episode for you. In this episode, we look at what polygamous working actually is; what the law says about you if you work in this way how you might get caught out; and how you can pro...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there So… another week … another set of workers who are challenging their employer about their employment status. And, this week, we look at why dozens of NHS delivery drivers are challenging their Royal Mail employer because they say their employer has categorised them as self employed, when everything about their jobs, says they are workers. The issue at stake here, ...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, In this week’s episode, we look at a form of bullying which up to 14million of you are suffering from in the UK, as we speak. That form of bullying is called Sabotage Bullying. Sabotage bullying behaviour is some of the most damaging bullying at work because it is quieter and harder to spot, so we take you through what this type of bullying might look like, and ...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode, we’re looking at the impact of constant criticism at work and why this is a form of bullying, rather than you just having an over-zealous boss. We also talk about how you can tell the difference between genuine feedback, which should assist you and help you grow, as opposed to bullying feedback, which is intended to attack you and cause you harm...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, In the first of our bullying episodes for 2026, we tackle the issue of what workplace bullying really is, what it can look like, how it feels, and what you can do if you think it’s happening to you. The nature of a bully at work, is to make you feel so ill and powerless – you hide the bullying and try to manage the impact of the bullying experience on you for a number...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Happy New Year to all our listeners as we look forward to seeing how your employment rights actually protect you at work. This week’s podcast is the last episode in our mini-series on the stronger rights you will have when dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace. In this episode, we specifically look at the new duties that will be placed on your employer,...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, As we continue our look into the new employment rights coming your way as parts of the Employment Rights Bill, in this last episode for the year. We look at the new sexual harassment employment rights that will come into force in 2026. From April 2026, your complaints and disclosures about sexual harassment, will be protected by Whistleblowing protections, and w...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, In this week’s podcast episode, we bring you an update about how your probationary contract rights have been affected by your new unfair dismissal rights, which come online in January 2027. For the last 25 years, being dismissed during your probation period or even well after you finished your probation, came with very little employment rights. All this has changed, a...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, On 4th December 2025, after pressure from big business and after months of political back-and-forth - and honestly, a fair bit of drama and game playing, ministers have now confirmed a firm agreement about your unfair dismissal employment rights. In this week’s episode, we take you through those new employment rights, and the date from which, you will get your ...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there If you listened to last week’s episode, you will know that the number 1 topic you have listened to on this podcast is Bullying, Harassment And Toxic Workplace Cultures. So, in 2026… this will be the number 1 topic that we will address, as our 2026 theme. Our whole Bullying, Harassment And Toxic Workplace Cultures programme is intended to support you to deal with ...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there Can you believe it! We are 300 episodes into this fantastic podcast, which has helped so many workers to understand their employment rights and take a stand against unfair treatment. In recognition of your courage and commitment to standing up for what’s right, in this week’s episode we take a look at your best bits and your most favoured podcast over the life of...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, Imagine this: you're at work, trying to get on with your job, when colleagues nearby start sharing offensive jokes about women, homosexuality, and sex. The jokes aren't aimed at you directly, but you have to hear them… every day! What would you do? How would it make you feel? We look at this issue through a case that recently came out of the employment tribunal,...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there This week, we look at a case that has just come out of an employment tribunal, which helps to strengthen the rights of workers when a boss crosses the line with a comment that feels, just – wrong! And as if that was not bad enough, that comment then turns out to be the start of a whole process of trying to get rid of you, to avoid you getting your full employment right...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there This week we look at a case that has just exploded into the headlines, that seems to strengthen the hand of employers dramatically when workers band together to talk about problems you are having at work. It’s a case about pay cuts and a private WhatsApp group, and focuses on how you can be in an online chat group talking about work issues, and then suddenly find yours...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there In this week’s episode, we look at a case fresh out of the Employment Tribunal, which reminds you that our employment rights are there not just to support you to be treated fairly at work, but are also there to support you to challenge attempts to undermine your right to work. This week we focus on the case of Ms Annika Robinson, who challenged disability discrim...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there, This week we look at a case that has just come out of employment tribunal… which seems to strengthen the rights of employers, if you have a disability. And, you expect your boss to make reasonable adjustments for you - so you can remain at work. Added to this, the Equality Act 2010 makes it clear that employers must make changes to help disabled emp...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there This week, we look at a case that sounds funny - if it wasn’t so serious. This is the case of an employee with 27 years of service with his employer, who said something in jest… and it cost him his job. We look at what the employee said, how the company handled the situation and why the employee took his case to an employment tribunal… AND WON! We discuss a...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi there This week we have great news for every working person in the UK. The government has just slammed the door shut on a plan, that would have made it impossible for you to challenge your employer in an employment tribunal, without paying fees! Bringing back fee-paying court systems into employment tribunals would have spelled disaster for hundreds of thousands of workers l...
Leave comments and questions here. If you would like a response, use our email: enquiries@employmentrightsonline.com Hi There… Zero hours contracts are often touted as the best way for workers to work in a flexible way, by taking work that fits their schedule. It’s also said that being able to work in this way, supports workers to have a better work life balance. So… what's wrong with them and why does the government want to ban these types of contracts. That’s the subject of this week’...
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