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ICO consultation on the draft right of access guidance

26 December 2019

17 December 2019

Gig economy courier a ‘worker’ as no unrestricted right to substitute someone else

In Stuart Delivery Ltd v Augustine, the EAT held that an ET had not made an error in deciding that when ‘A’, a delivery courier,...

8 December 2019

Defamation may not be a public interest disclosure qualifying for protection

In Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd, an ET struck out I’s claim of detriment because of whistleblowing after he had disclosed that he had been...

5 December 2019

Dismissal unfair even though decision maker unaware manager manipulated facts 

The Court of Appeal held that there could be certain situations where, if a manager had manipulated the facts, and the dismissing officer was unaware,...

2 December 2019

People regularly working from home up by 27% in last decade

TUC analysis shows 374,000 more employees are working from home than 10 years ago, a 27.7% increase in the number of homeworkers in the last...

26 November 2019

Motivation for manipulating evidence because of hostility to union activity could be attributed to employer 

In Cadent Gas Limited v Singh. S missed the response time to get to a gas leak by a minute because he stopped for some...

21 November 2019

Civil partnerships extended to two people of the opposite sex

The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 will come into force on 2 December 2019 s to allow two people who are not of the...

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£10,000 compensation agreed in COT3 did not include payment of £7,800 SMP due

19 November 2019

16 November 2019

Employer not liable for third party harassment as inaction not related to race

In Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, B, a mental health nurse was seriously assaulted by a patient accompanied by racist abuse, i.e. “You...

12 November 2019

Offer of £500 for solicitor to advise on settlement agreement was wholly unrealistic

Any advice as to the merits of S’s claim and the likely award of compensation would require reading and consideration on a quite different scale...

6 November 2019

Refusing to sign copyright agreement was to protect own interest, not a philosophical belief 

An ET held that her belief did not amount to a protected belief under S.10 of the Equality Act 2010 but in any event her...

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Poor appraisal rating arose as a consequence of fatigue caused by kidney disease

29 October 2019

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