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Lies, White Lies and Your CV. Legal Advice

In an increasingly competitive jobs market, people tend to think ‘does a little white lie in my CV matter if it helps me get the job’. The answer to this is that it very well could and the consequences could very well be serious.

Blowing the whistle

If you believe there is malpractice or wrongdoing in a workplace then you can ‘blow the whistle’ on the behaviour and be protected from losing your job and/or being victimised by your employer. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 legislates that if you believe there is wrongdoing in your workplace (eg your employer is committing a criminal offence) you can report this by following the correct processes, and your employment rights are protected.

Employment law

The law provides employees with a multitude of rights and entitlements in relation to how they are disciplined and dismissed, how their grievances are handled, their wages, absence from work, holidays, work breaks and working hours, time off for family emergencies, maternity and paternity leave, the right to apply for flexible working, redundancy and retirement. All workers also have the right not to be discriminated against in relation to their sex, race, age, disabilities, sexual orientation or religion and beliefs.

Disciplinary Procedure

This Employer's Staff Disciplinary Procedure provides for warnings to be given for failure to meet standards of job performance, conduct (whether during working hours or not) and attendance, or for breach of any of the terms and conditions of employment.