A police officer is due substantial compensation after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a ruling that he was discriminated against, harassed and victimised in the workplace. The officer, who is of mixed race and
An allegation that a teacher propositioned a teenage pupil for money will be erased from his enhanced criminal record certificate (ECRC) after the High Court ruled that its inclusion amounted to an unjust and disproportionate
In Simmonds v Milford Club, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that where there is a real concern that an earlier final written warning that was material in the decision to dismiss an employee may
The High Court has upheld a classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the ‘homosexual lifestyle’ in front of pupils. In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, a
London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) workers have triumphed in their fight to prove that their employers’ refusal to award them a 2.5% pay rise in the year commencing April 2009 breached the terms
In a ruling acknowledged to be of ‘considerable public importance’, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has identified a glaring lacuna in the Equality Act 2010 that prevents employees claiming victimisation in respect of conduct post-dating
Published Wednesday 3rd April 2013, 03:04 PM The Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) has published two sets of guidance for businesses on how to prevent discrimination and avoid costly legal challenges. These are: ‘The
Where a laboratory worker employed in a safety-critical field frankly admitted falsifying records, his dismissal was fair and a finding to the contrary reached by the lay members of the Employment Tribunal (ET) was perverse,
The Court of Appeal has underlined the overriding objective of fairness to all parties in ruling that there was no error of law in the refusal of the Employment Tribunal (ET) to grant a claimant’s
In circumstances where a worker copied his employer’s documents onto a USB stick shortly before resigning and taking up a new position with a direct competitor, the High Court has set limits on the scope
