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£577,000 costs being sought from former employee who lost her unfair dismissal claim

27 July 2017

26 July 2017

Six weeks’ imprisonment for breaching injunction on confidential information

The High Court has imposed a six-week prison sentence on an ex-employee who breached an interim injunction prohibiting him from disclosing confidential information belonging to...

25 July 2017

Bill introduced to give employed parents who have lost a child statutory paid leave to grieve

The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill has been introduced to Parliament giving parents who are employed and who have suffered the death of a...

24 July 2017

Dismissal for derogatory Tweets about employer and colleagues was fair

An ET finds that the dismissal of an employee with over 28 years’ service was fair for making derogatory comments in Twitter postings over a...

21 July 2017

Whistleblowing about breach of contract ‘can’ be in the public interest

From 25 June 2013 onwards, under S.43B (1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, public interest disclosures have to be "in the public interest" to...

20 July 2017

Prison sentence for former employee who ‘hacked in’ to the computer system

A former Council employee who gained illegal access to the council's computer system and changed the records of ex-colleagues, has been sentenced to 12 weeks...

19 July 2017

TUC survey shows 1 in 3 LGBT people have been harassed or bullied at work

More than one in three (36%) of LGBT people have been harassed or bullied at work, according to a new study published by the TUC...

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Manager dismissed for calling Prince George a symbol of ‘white privilege’

18 July 2017

17 July 2017

Employee with breast cancer awarded £47,000 for disability discrimination

An ET awards an employee with breast cancer £47,000 for disability discrimination and harassment after requirements were imposed which resulted in unfavourable treatment and violation...

13 July 2017

Lowest rate of trade union membership recorded since 1995

Latest BEIS national statistics on trade union membership show that around 6.2 million employees in the UK were union members in 2016, a decrease of...

12 July 2017

British Standard for diversity and inclusion launched

BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new standard for employers to provide guidance for good practice on valuing their employees through diversity and...

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Simmons 10% uplift applies to discrimination awards

11 July 2017

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