The Celebrity HR Department
Welcome to the Celebrity HR Department: The only podcast that asks, what if being a celebrity was a REAL job with REAL consequences? The kind you or I might face. In our world, ALL celebrities are employees of Celebrity INC. All of them. And we are the Celebrity HR Department. That means we handle it all: the feuds, the scandals, the sickness, the sackings and everything in between. This is where the spotlight meets the HR handbook, and we put real-life celebrity issues through the HR process.
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The Celebrity HR Department
S2 E1 - HR vs Huw Edwards - How The BBC used £200k of YOUR money to pay a Child Sex Offender
When Huw Edwards was arrested for child sex offences, the BBC kept him on full pay—£200,000 of public money. Outrage followed. But… was it legal? And more shockingly—was it right? This episode shows how employment law, mental health protections, and BBC contracts collided in a PR nightmare. This is the real story behind the headlines, featuring case law, HR insight, and our ever-sceptical AI sidekick Layman.
AI Voices: ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io/app/home
Theme Song and Sound Effects: Pixabay https://pixabay.com/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x8zllw84zo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0y0g58xpjo
https://www.acas.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/settlement-agreements.pdf
https://hrcentre.uk.brightmine.com/commentary-and-insights/legal-qanda-morality-clauses/29717/