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No detriment for whistleblowing where whistleblower’s name revealed in disciplinary proceedings

15 May 2015

Impairments related to morbid obesity meant employee disabled

A Northern Ireland tribunal has applied the ECJ’s decision in FOA, acting on behalf of Karsten Kaltoft v Billund Kommune that an obese worker may...

15 May 2015

£10,000 costs award for inventing race discrimination allegations

One of the arguments for introducing employment tribunal fees was that they would discourage spurious claims....

8 May 2015

Cable admits charging fees for employment tribunals was ‘a very bad move’

In an interview with The Independent, Vince Cable admitted the Coalition made a mistake by introducing fees for the use of tribunals....

8 May 2015

Criminal test for dishonesty does not apply in suspected misconduct cases

A key practical point arising from the EAT’s decision in Gondalia v Tesco Stores Ltd is the comment that in suspected misconduct cases the criminal...

8 May 2015

Appeal lodged against ET decision in Lock v British Gas

The EAT is to be asked to look again at holiday pay, after British Gas, represented by Eversheds, lodged an appeal against the recent Employment...

8 May 2015

Government brings forward plans to double free childcare for working families

The Childcare Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament, will double free childcare available for all working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to...

£600,000 compromise agreement payment to settle long-standing race claim not taxable

8 May 2015

Focus must be on mental processes of alleged discriminator

In CLFIS (UK) Ltd v Reynolds, Reynolds (R) was a chief medical officer whose consultancy agreement was terminated when she was aged 73....

30 April 2015

Research sets out findings to debunk myths about tribunal claims

Research conducted by Bristol University and Strathclyde University, published in a report, Employment tribunal claims: debunking the myths, involved following more than 150 workers as...

30 April 2015

Court of Appeal to hear Judicial Review of unfair dismissal compensation cap

Compromise Agreements Ltd instigated a Judicial Review against the Government’s decision to introduce a statutory cap of 52 weeks' pay for unfair dismissal compensation, i.e....

ECJ holds a one year probationary period was not a fixed-term contract

30 April 2015

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No detriment for whistleblowing where whistleblower’s name revealed in disciplinary proceedings

15 May 2015

15 May 2015

15 May 2015

8 May 2015

8 May 2015

8 May 2015

8 May 2015

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£600,000 compromise agreement payment to settle long-standing race claim not taxable

8 May 2015

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30 April 2015

30 April 2015

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ECJ holds a one year probationary period was not a fixed-term contract

30 April 2015

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