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Tribunal awards £1.3 million to unfairly dismissed Swiss Re worker

4 September 2023

1 September 2023

Duty to make reasonable adjustments in recruitment

In the case of AECOM Ltd v Mallon the EAT recently held that requiring applications via an online application form put a candidate with dyspraxia...

31 August 2023

£1m fine for concrete firm after ‘one in a million’ son died at work

A concrete manufacturer has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham. Stewart Ramsay, from Mansfield, was working for Creagh...

30 August 2023

Railway controller wins unfair dismissal claim after train crashes into buffers

In the case of Mr N Smith v Abellio East Anglia Ltd T/a Greater Anglia Nick Smith was dismissed after the shunting of an out...

29 August 2023

Care assistant wins constructive dismissal claim after being told ‘you have no friends’

In Ms S Pywell v J.W. Nunn T/A Primrose Lodge the claimant was employed by the respondent who owns the care home within which the...

28 August 2023

Administrator wins disability discrimination case after being told to ‘chart a different path’

In the case of Ozgul Coban v (1) Manes Partners Limited and (2) Alper Ozceylan the claimant has Crohn’s disease. She was diagnosed in 2005...

25 August 2023

Human error in data breaches – principles and rules employers should follow

Following the major data breach at The Police Service of Northern Ireland which mistakenly revealed details of all its 10,000 staff earlier this month, technology...

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Swimming teacher loses unfair dismissal claim after telling pupil ‘it looks like you work out’

25 August 2023

24 August 2023

NatWest worker fired for selling sex work online was unfairly dismissed

In Mr K Ahmed v National Westminster Bank Plc a former analyst who was sacked for selling sex work online has successfully sued NatWest for...

23 August 2023

HR professional asked to do the laundry following maternity leave awarded £18,000 for injury to her feelings

In the case of Mrs S Messum v 1. Bradford Management Services Ltd and 2. Dr Gul Nawaz Akbar Mrs Messum was employed by Bradford...

21 August 2023

Judgment concerning vexatious litigation arising from claims for discrimination because of a job advert

In the case of Ramos v Lady Coco Limited T/A Shamela's Fresh Hot and Cold Food the claimant brought claims for discrimination after he saw...

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Government announces plans to relax paternity leave rules

18 August 2023

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