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Supreme Court orders former hospice chief executive to pay back nearly £100,000 after lying about qualifications on CV

26 August 2022

25 August 2022

Whistle-blowers play key role in crackdown on furlough fraud

HMRC has received 13,775 whistle-blower reports regarding fraud against the furlough scheme, with more people reporting their employers and ex-employers to the authority. City A.M....

24 August 2022

Workplace wellbeing – why it’s back on the agenda

Work-related stress is the single largest cause of lost working days due to occupational ill health. Events over the last two years have brought the...

23 August 2022

ET rules that CPS entitled to cut pay of senior Crown prosecutor who worked from home and moved from Southeast to Northeast

In Mrs A McKenzie-Bayliss v The Crown Prosecution Service Ms McKenzie-Bayliss moved in January 2017 for family reasons to the North-east, where CPS pay was...

22 August 2022

Shop worker wins harassment claim after boss ‘threw rotten fruit’ at her and told her to wear tight clothes

In the case of Ms H v Gizit Ltd T/a Elisa Organic and Whole Foods and Mr E Babur a Muslim shop worker has won...

19 August 2022

Disabled HMRC worker barred from applying for promotion wins disability discrimination claim

In Mr H Drummond v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Hamish Drummond, from Dundee, was barred from applying for the more senior version of his...

18 August 2022

Solicitor described as a ‘ballbreaker’ awarded more than £150,000 for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal

In the case of Ms HE Biggs v A Bilborough & Company Ltd and others Helena Biggs is a qualified solicitor specialising in shipping. She...

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Government extends power to make pro bono costs orders to the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal

17 August 2022

16 August 2022

ET rules that London Underground union rep was subject to detrimental treatment after being suspended for raising health and safety concerns

In Mr K Dempsey v London Underground Limited an employment tribunal has ruled that an advanced train maintainer working for a division of London Underground...

15 August 2022

Vulnerable care home worker wins claim after being forced to work through pandemic

In the case of Mrs P Devaney v Porthaven Care Homes No 2 Limited a clinically extremely vulnerable care worker who was forced into work...

14 August 2022

Supreme Court rules on the calculation of holiday pay

A summary of the Supreme Court ruling on the recent calculation of holiday pay for employers...

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Right to Work checks are changing – how can businesses comply?

13 August 2022

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