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Social worker wins harassment claim against council and professional regulatory body Social Work England

18 January 2024

17 January 2024

Barrister who caused assistant’s “collapse” must pay £155,000

A barrister who caused her assistant to suffer a mental and physical “collapse” has been ordered to pay her over £155,000 in compensation by an...

16 January 2024

Bullying and Respect at Work Bill

In July of last year, a Private Members’ Bill, the Bullying and Respect at Work Bill, was presented in the House of Commons. The Bill...

15 January 2024

Guide to 2024’s UK immigration changes for employers, workers and family

Home Secretary James Cleverly’s brief statement just before Christmas raised more questions than answers. Some have now been clarified....

12 January 2024

Transgender worker loses harassment claim over name change on rota

In the case of Mandie Monroe v Central Bedfordshire Council, a trans woman argued that she had been harassed relating to her gender reassignment because...

11 January 2024

Stansted Airport bus driver unfairly dismissed after breath test fail

A Stansted Airport bus driver who failed a breathalyser test has won a tribunal for unfair dismissal after her employer National Express didn’t go through...

10 January 2024

Lawyer ordered to pay £4,000 costs for unreasonable conduct after losing unfair dismissal claim

A former employee whose legal action against international firm Hogan Lovells was described as a ‘form of revenge’ has been ordered to pay a further...

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Acas employee beings claim of discrimination on grounds of belief

9 January 2024

8 January 2024

Tribunal judge finds no evidence of racism or unfair dismissal

Croydon LBC and its chief executive Katherine Kerswell have been cleared of allegations of racial discrimination by an employment tribunal, brought by a former council...

5 January 2024

HR people lead loses race discrimination claim after being told at interview that the company wanted to ‘hire fewer white men’

In Mr C P v AIMS Markets Limited the respondent is the digital capital markets division of the AIMS group, a provider of financial services....

4 January 2024

Cleaner loses sex discrimination claim after accusing male colleague of deliberately leaving ‘explosion of excrement’ in disabled toilet

In the case of Ms JT v Par Market Ltd Ms JT was employed as a cleaning operative at Par Market - one of the...

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Worker loses unfair dismissal claim after reporting manager for stuffing sock in care home resident’s mouth to ‘stop him from shouting’

3 January 2024

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