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PA and Office Manager with PTSD unfairly dismissed

16 March 2021

15 March 2021

Former law lecturer unfairly dismissed due to disability

In the case of Mrs E Aylott v BPP University Ltd Elizabeth Aylott was awarded £168,000 by the institution she worked at after an employment...

12 March 2021

Dismissal of diabetic driver for urinating in a yard was unfair and discriminatory

In ASDA Stores Ltd v Raymond, R was employed as a lorry driver. He has Type 2 diabetes. He parked his lorry close to the...

12 March 2021

Surgeon who accidentally set patient on fire during procedure was unfairly dismissed

In the case of Mr Obiukwu Iwuchukwu v City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust an employment tribunal found there were “major issues” with the investigation...

11 March 2021

Magistrate who declined to order a same-sex adoption removed from the bench

In the case held in the Court of Appeal in Page v Lord Chancellor, a lay magistrate in Kent, Mr Page, who is also a...

10 March 2021

COVID Long Haulers: Are Long-Term Symptoms Covered Under ADA?

Supervisors and HR should be careful not to conclusively classify a condition as temporary before the employee has provided proper medical documentation. Further, regardless of...

10 March 2021

Millions lack basic protections if they lose their jobs

Research conducted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that 7.5 million employees started this year with no protection against unfair dismissal because they...

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The Supreme Court ruling on pay during sleep-in shifts is expected soon

9 March 2021

8 March 2021

Cleaner whose boss told her GP she was lying about sickness was unfairly dismissed

A cleaner who resigned after her manager wrote to her doctor and alleged she was out drinking while “on the sick” and abusing company sick...

7 March 2021

HR teams need to update policies as mental health-related employment claims rise

An increasing awareness of mental health issues is leading to higher rates of disability discrimination claims in which mental rather than physical disability forms the...

6 March 2021

Public sector exit payments: the cap didn’t fit

This month the Government announced that the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 will be revoked. The employment team at law firm Womble...

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Employment Tribunal rules that ex-UK prosecutor was unfairly dismissed by Serious Fraud Office

5 March 2021

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