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Truck driver ordered to pay employer costs of £21K after being dismissed and reinstated over fuel skimming claims

9 October 2023

6 October 2023

Tesco first UK supermarket to give kinship carers same support as adoptive parents

Tesco, the UK’s largest private-sector employer, has granted colleagues who have a Special Guardianship Order to care for relatives’ children equal rights with colleagues who...

5 October 2023

Nationwide manager awarded £350,000 after bosses stopped work-from-home for staff

In the case of Mrs J Follows v Nationwide Building Society Ms Follows was employed from December 2011, latterly as a Senior Lending Manager (SLM),...

3 October 2023

Community nurse loses unfair dismissal claim after refusing to work weekends

In the case of Mrs Gemma Dobson Respondent Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust community nurse Gemma Dobson was dismissed by the then-Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation...

2 October 2023

Asda worker with 24 years’ service wins unfair dismissal claim after being moved to another department despite grievance against manager being upheld

In the case of Mrs H Barclay v Asda Stores Limited the claimant commenced employment as a Bakery Assistant in May 1998. In 2020, LM...

29 September 2023

Farm worker with 41 years’ service wins unfair dismissal claim after being injured at work but refusing employer access to medical records

In Mr A. Daniel v Mr C. Spence, Mrs M. Spence and Mr A. Spence T/A G.E. Spence and Sons the claimant originally started working...

28 September 2023

EAT rules that school was not vicariously liable for abuse by a man on work experience placement against the Claimant student

In the case of MXX v A Secondary School the defendant (respondent) was a co-educational secondary school providing education for children aged 11 to 16....

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Understanding and mitigating employee burn-out

27 September 2023

26 September 2023

Over before it begins: what to do when recruitment goes sour

According to a recent Gartner survey, half of those surveyed had in the prior twelve months accepted a job offer but backed out of the...

25 September 2023

EAT upholds ET decision that disabled employee dismissed because of mistaken belief that he was doing physical work while on sick leave was discriminated against

In the case of Pilkington UK Limited v Mr A Jones Mr Jones worked for Pilkington UK Ltd, a glass manufacturer. He suffered from a...

22 September 2023

Admin worker loses unfair dismissal claim after refusing to return to work following two years of maternity leave

In the case of Ms Jowita Parsons v International Forest Products (UK) Limited Ms Parsons commenced employment with the respondent in March 2019 as an...

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Farm shop worker who refused alternative offer of employment during redundancy period then changed her mind was unfairly dismissed

21 September 2023

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