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Black teaching assistant wins £17,000 discrimination claim after being denied work from home request despite white colleague being allowed to

14 September 2022

13 September 2022

Navy officer opposed to nuclear weapons files discrimination claim against Ministry of Defence

In Mr Antonio Jardim v Ministry of Defence a Christian nuclear submarine officer has filed a claim for discrimination - because he objects to nuclear...

12 September 2022

London Underground employee loses claims for race discrimination and unfair dismissal after £2,100 went missing from ticket machines

In Kachikwuo Amaechi-Onwukanjo v London Underground Ltd the Claimant was a Customer Services Assistant. He started with London Underground Ltd on 01 February 2016. Kachikwuo...

9 September 2022

City banker loses sex discrimination case after colleagues called her a ‘ladette’ and male boss asked her to babysit

In the case of Ms Z Wei v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Zhuofang Wei, a 'highly regarded' executive complained about an office 'quote book'...

8 September 2022

HMRC to review IR35 off-payroll working legislation in response to the Public Accounts Committee’s claims of “structural problems”

The government has published its response to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) review of changes made to off-payroll legislation – also known as IR35 which...

7 September 2022

Driver safety warning for fleets

Fleetworld reports that new research from Alphabet (GB) has revealed 33% of fleet managers have little to no knowledge of corporate duty of care to...

6 September 2022

Woman asked age in Domino’s Pizza job interview wins age discrimination claim

A franchise of pizza chain Domino’s has agreed to settle an age discrimination case with a woman who believed she was treated differently during a...

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Swiss Re underwriter wins sex discrimination claim after boss leered at her

5 September 2022

2 September 2022

Former Turner Contemporary worker wins tribunal claim in redundancy and employee status row

In Miss J Wheatley v Turner Contemporary an employment tribunal has ruled in favour of a former Turner Contemporary ‘navigator’ after the gallery denied she...

31 August 2022

P&O Ferries: update from the Insolvency Service

The Insolvency Service has provided an update following its urgent enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the redundancies made by P&O Ferries on 17 March 2022....

30 August 2022

Woman told not to let her hormones get ‘out of control’ wins discrimination case

In Mrs L McCabe v Selazar Limited a middle-aged woman regarded as "menopausal" by her younger male boss has won an age discrimination case after...

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‘Anti-woke’ barrister loses employment tribunal claim

29 August 2022

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