In a move described by the TUC as a ‘blatant attempt to water down’ last month’s decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Bear Scotland v Fulton that holiday pay should reflect non-guaranteed overtime that
A senior recycling company employee who violated the duty of good faith and fidelity he owed his bosses when he upped sticks and set up a rival business paid a heavy price for his disloyalty
Many workers spend a large part of their day looking at a computer screen, laptop or touch screen. However, a survey commissioned by Specsavers, covering 138 companies of varying sizes in both the public and
In a case which involved a tricky balance being struck between national security and individual employment rights, a Muslim immigration officer who was dismissed from his post without any explanation has failed to convince a
A computer programmer and former non-executive director who breached his employer’s copyright by leaking specialist software to a trade rival is facing a substantial High Court damages claim after his wrongdoing was revealed. The man
In a case which put the spotlight on the difficulties posed by mental illness in the workplace, a paranoid schizophrenic who was dismissed from his job for gross misconduct after he launched physical and sexual
Members of an Employment Tribunal (ET) have been criticised for falling into a trap which more commonly ensnares unqualified jurors by resorting to the Internet in a bid to fill gaps in the evidence in
A former housing association officer who succeeded in an unfair dismissal claim – but was awarded not a penny for the impact which his unlawful treatment had on his future earnings – has been handed
The former chief executive of a spread betting company who helped himself to more than £300,000 of its funds before it went into special administration has been ordered to repay every penny, with interest, by
In a startling case which exposed bitter strife at managerial level within an NHS trust, a senior employee who was sworn at and threatened by a colleague has nevertheless failed to convince a judge that
