For August 2022, we have asked the employment team at Tughans’ Solicitors to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “how do I handle it?”

The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to time, with the less commonplace disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims of discrimination, constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

 This month’s problem concerns:

“An employee has made inappropriate comments during the course of their employment while engaging in a remote video call on Microsoft Teams. The comments have caused upset and discomfort for the subject of the comments and wider workforce. How should