“The extended use of settlement agreements, which will make it easier for employers to remove underperforming workers in exchange for a pay-off, has been proposed Business Secretary Vince Cable.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“An art teacher at an independent girls’ school who was sacked after becoming pregnant has won her case of unfair dismissal.”
The Independent, 6th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“R(on the application of Yunus Bakhsh) v Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust [2012] EWHC 1445 (Admin). This fascinating short judgment explores the extent to which a judicial review claim, or a free-standing claim under the Human Rights Act, may be precluded by a statute covering the same issue.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Employment litigation in the High Court is one of the most interesting and dynamic areas of practice. The cases tend to be fought at the point where countervailing currents commercial law and employment law meet and many of the cases turn on resolving the tension between the bargain struck between commercial men and the implied term of trust and confidence. That tension presents an opportunity for the creative and a pitfall for the unwary.”
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11 KBW, 28th May 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Individuals who spend all their time working for a single client will not necessarily form part of an ‘organised grouping of employees’ whose employment will transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations when their work is taken back in-house, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employers have been given a boost as a new approach to equality cuts through red tape.”
Home Office, 15th May 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The driver sacked by a multimillionaire racehorse owner for feeding a piece of leftover lamb to an ailing Labrador last night won his claim for unfair dismissal.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Employment tribunals do not have the jurisdiction to apportion liability for compensation in discrimination claims where more than one party is at fault, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An individual’s employment cannot be automatically transferred to another employer without following the proper procedures under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations, a tribunal has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“It is a typical day of employment tribunal hearings – but the rules are set to change as the government considers an overhaul of proceedings in these courts.”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four trade-unionists who were accused of racism after drawing a satirical cartoon of the three wise monkeys who ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ have won a four-and-a-half year legal battle.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Consulting Association, a shadowy organisation that compiled a list of ‘troublemakers’ — with the help of the security services — for Britain’s biggest building companies was closed four years ago. Only now can its 3,200 victims go to court and hope to win.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) held that in order to be considered an ‘organised grouping of employees’ under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE), workers with the Eddie Stobart haulage company had to be organised according to the requirements of the client. It was not enough that, although the workers principally carried out activities on behalf of that client, they were organised according to their shifts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Mark McCammon, 33, claims that he and other black players at Gillingham FC were treated differently to white players. The tribunal case, believed to be the first race discrimination claim brought by a professional footballer, comes amid widespread concern over racism in football.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two social workers who lost their jobs after the killing of Baby P will appeal against an employment tribunal ruling they were fairly sacked.”
BBC News, 21st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gay black police officer who accused Scotland Yard of racial and sexual discrimination has won his case at an employment tribunal, which also found that another officer deliberately leaked a ‘distorted account’ of the claim to the Sun newspaper.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher who was sacked after writing a racy novel about her pupils has been told she will not face a full hearing by the General Teaching Council (GTC).”
BBC News, 13th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2011] UKSC 1; [2012] WLR (D) 24
“An employment tribunal could consider a claim for unfair dismissal by an employee who worked overseas if the connection between the employment relationship and Great Britain was sufficiently strong to show that that could be justified.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“One of England’s biggest hospital trusts has been accused of ‘institutionalised racism’ after a senior manager it sacked won almost £1m in damages for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal.”
The Guardian, 9th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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