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Businesses report £40 million in losses from employee fraud

17 October 2017

16 October 2017

Finding dismissal unfair as investigation too thorough was perverse

The EAT holds that an ET’s decision that a dismissal for gross misconduct was procedurally unfair because the investigation was too thorough was irrational and...

12 October 2017

Ex-council worker fined £500 for stealing vulnerable people’s personal information

An ex-employee of Leicester City Council has been fined just over £500 for unlawfully obtaining personal data relating to service users of the Adult Social...

11 October 2017

Corporate failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion becomes a criminal offence

Part 3 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 came into force on 30 September 2017 creating the offence of corporate failure to prevent persons associated...

10 October 2017

Collective consultation required where 20 or more employees may be dismissed if refusing contract change

The ECJ confirm that collective consultation is required where 20 or more employees may be dismissed if they do not accept unilateral changes proposed to...

9 October 2017

Failure to adjust absence trigger points for disabled employee was discriminatory

An ET finds that the dismissal of a disabled employee after she exceeded the trigger point for action in the employer’s absence policy was discriminatory...

5 October 2017

TUC poll shows 1 in 3 BAME workers treated unfairly

A TUC poll of over 1000 BAME workers, which is part of a major new TUC report on racism at work, has found that 37%...

No reasonable privacy expectation for personal document saved to folder on employer’s server

4 October 2017

3 October 2017

ET finds drivers are ‘workers’ and not self-employed contractors

An ET rejects Addison Lee’s argument that each of their drivers ran a small business, regarding AL as a client; the drivers were in fact...

2 October 2017

Telling 59-year-old she was better suited to a ‘traditional’ agency was age discrimination

An ET finds that a director’s comment to a 59-year-old employee that she would be “better suited to a traditional estate agency” amounted to direct...

28 September 2017

Consultation on barriers to returning to work after time out for caring

The Equalities Office has launched a consultation to understand more about the specific barriers returners face in getting back to work and what can be...

Acas research shows too many trans employees lack support

27 September 2017

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Businesses report £40 million in losses from employee fraud

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No reasonable privacy expectation for personal document saved to folder on employer’s server

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Acas research shows too many trans employees lack support

27 September 2017

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