Legal Updates

Council clerk wins direct sex discrimination appeal over ‘inadequate’ toilet facilities

9 February 2023

8 February 2023

‘Slithery’ Nando’s night cleaner loses claim that employment judge calls “a blatant abuse of the tribunal process”

In Mr M Kumi v Nando’s Chickenland Ltd Mr Kumi worked as a night cleaner at the Nando’s Soho restaurant. Mr Kumi worked for Nando’s...

7 February 2023

Proposed bill will protect new and expectant mums from redundancy

Currently, in the UK, redundancy while on maternity is legal so long as the person’s pregnancy hasn’t factored into the decision-making. In a Protection from...

6 February 2023

Government announces consultation on ‘fire and re-hire’ code of practice

The government has published a consultation on a draft statutory code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement (often referred to as “fire and rehire”). The...

3 February 2023

HMRC employee loses claim after being dismissed for absence relating to disability

In the case of Mr J Mcallister V Commisioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue And Customs Mr McAllister worked from HMRC from May 2011. He suffered...

2 February 2023

EAT finds that it was not unfair to dismiss an employee after reopening a previously concluded disciplinary process that had led to a final written warning

In the case of Lyfar-Cissé v Western Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ms Lyfar-Cissé worked as an Associate Director of Transformation at Brighton &...

1 February 2023

NHS doctor wins £219K in unfair dismissal claim following whistleblowing

In the case of Macanovic v Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust a senior doctor has won an unfair dismissal case after being sacked for reporting her...

House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee publishes government response to menopause and the workplace report

31 January 2023

30 January 2023

Essex NHS trust discriminated against staff member to protect older colleague

In the case of Mrs C Sawyers v East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust an NHS hospital trust covering east Essex has been...

29 January 2023

Factory supervisor wins unfair dismissal case after tribunal rules that she did not resign by handing in keys and saying ‘I’m done’

In the case of Natalie Cope v Razzle Dazzle Costumes Limited the claimant was employed by the respondent as a factory/supervisor cutter. The claimant had...

28 January 2023

Afro-Caribbean BT worker wins £20,000 racial harassment claim after manager said there were not many black swimmers ”because of class”

In Ms F Alexandre v Openreach Limited Ms Fignola Alexandre - who is Afro-Caribbean heritage and moved to America from Haiti as a child -...

Employment law updates

27 January 2023

Receive the latest HR news and strategic content

Please note, as per the GDPR Legislation, we need to ensure you are ‘Opted In’ to receive updates from ‘theHRDIRECTOR’. We will NEVER sell, rent, share or give away your data to third parties. We only use it to send information about our products and updates within the HR space To see our Privacy Policy – click here

Legal Updates

Read More

Council clerk wins direct sex discrimination appeal over ‘inadequate’ toilet facilities

9 February 2023

8 February 2023

7 February 2023

6 February 2023

3 February 2023

2 February 2023

1 February 2023

Read More

House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee publishes government response to menopause and the workplace report

31 January 2023

30 January 2023

29 January 2023

28 January 2023

Read More

Employment law updates

27 January 2023

Newsletter

Receive the latest HR news and strategic content

Read the latest digital issue of theHRDIRECTOR for FREE

Read the latest digital issue of theHRDIRECTOR for FREE