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The Scottish Government launches a new anti-racist employment strategy

23 December 2022

22 December 2022

Employment tribunal and EAT quarterly statistics for the period July to September 2022

Employment analysis: A total of 17,822 claims were received by employment tribunals and 12,608 claims were disposed of, in the period from July to September...

21 December 2022

NHS worker wins constructive wrongful dismissal claim

In Mrs R Bonney v Medway NHS Foundation Trust and Mr D McLaren a hospital trust wrongfully ousted an under-pressure project manager from her role...

20 December 2022

Black teacher wins £460,000 racial discrimination pay out after being replaced by less qualified white colleague

In the case of Ms C Burton-York v Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust a black teacher who was racially discriminated against has won £460,000 after...

19 December 2022

Tribunal rules that law firm’s dismissal of solicitor was procedurally unfair even though it was justified

In the case of Mr E C Oise v Spring & Co Solicitors Ltd an employment tribunal has ruled that the dismissal of a solicitor...

16 December 2022

EAT rules that wide COT3 waiver wording covered future claim

In the case of Arvunescu v Quick Release (Automotive) Ltd the Court of Appeal considered whether a claimant was precluded from bringing a claim for...

15 December 2022

Flexible Working

The government has published its response to last year's consultation on updating flexible working laws. Read the summary:...

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EAT rules that reasonable adjustment during redundancy process should not create an advantage

14 December 2022

13 December 2022

Sky sales advisor who gave customers his personal mobile number wins unfair dismissal claim

In the case of Mr C Hagan v Sky Retail Stores Limited Mr Hagan was employed as a sales adviser at the Sky stand in...

12 December 2022

Employee could not claim unfair dismissal after she had been reinstated following successful appeal

The EAT has held that the dismissal of an employee “vanished” as a consequence of her successful internal appeal of a dismissal decision. To avoid...

9 December 2022

Discrimination/Gender pay gap: House of Commons Library publishes briefing paper on the gender pay gap

On 1 December 2022, the House of Commons Library published Briefing Paper (Number 7068): Gender pay gap. This briefing paper provides information on the size...

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Changes in modes of address in employment tribunals

8 December 2022

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