A senior NHS manager who claimed that she was bullied into a nervous breakdown by a cancer specialist with whom she had a principled disagreement over the use of public resources in private clinical studies
A Muslim Royal Mail worker whose complaint about a colleague eying naked women online was attributed by his boss to ‘cultural differences’ has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that he was a victim of
In a case which revealed extreme workplace tensions within a secondary school, a teacher who claimed that he was maliciously branded unsafe to work with children after confiscating a mobile phone from a pupil in
A stroke victim’s campaign to prove that she was unfairly dismissed and suffered disability discrimination almost came unstuck on procedural grounds – before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) breathed new life into her compensation hopes.
A primary school teacher, who claims that she was bullied out of her job by a newly appointed headmistress and subjected to sex discrimination when her job description was changed, has had her hopes of
In treading the vexed borderland between ‘partnership’ and ‘employment’, the High Court has ruled that the former head of a law firm’s property department should not be exposed to a £1 million claim brought by
Following a consultation exercise, the Government is in the process of making further amendments, both legislative and non-legislative, to the existing whistleblowing framework on the basis that it does not always serve to prevent malpractice
A senior Ministry of Justice lawyer who vehemently denies accusations that he bullied and harassed more junior colleagues has failed to convince the High Court that disciplinary proceedings against him should be blocked. The lawyer,
The Advocate General (AG) has handed down a preliminary ruling in a Danish case concerning a childminder who claimed that his employment with the local council was terminated on account of his obesity and this
In a bitterly fought case that revealed seething workplace tensions within the Charity Commission, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has delivered a serious blow to the compensation hopes of an anxious and depressed worker who
