Employment Tribunal
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This article is in reference to Rogers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd [2022] EAT 69. Background to the case Mr Rodgers, who had a child with sickle cell anaemia, had...
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From 6 April 2022, the employment rates and limits will have their annual increase. In relation to employment tribunal claims the new rates will apply where the effective date of...
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In Follows v Nationwide Building Society an Employment Tribunal has upheld a claim of indirect associative discrimination on the grounds of disability. Background The Claimant was employed on a homeworker...
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In the case of Stojsavljevic and another v DPD Group UK Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a decision that individual owner-driver franchisees who provided DPD delivery services were neither...
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In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd, an employment tribunal has ruled that the dismissal of a care home employee for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 was not...
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Since 2011 there is no longer a default retirement age in this country for employees (which most latterly had been 65). However “retirement” is still a concept used by many...
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In Thompson v Scancrown Ltd (trading as Manors), the Employment Tribunal held that a refusal of a female employee’s request for flexible working, which would have enabled her to collect...
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In Handley v Tatenhill Aviation Limited, the Employment Tribunal held that an employee was unfairly dismissed for procedural reasons when they were made redundant by their employer even though it...
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In the recent case of De Lacey v Wechseln Ltd t/a The Andrew Hill Salon, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) have held that a constructive dismissal may be discriminatory, even...
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In Mhindurwa v Lovingangels Care Limited, the Employment Tribunal held that an employee was unfairly dismissed when her employer failed to consider using the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“Furlough...
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Workers have won a Supreme Court ruling against the supermarket giant, Asda, in a judgment that could lead to millions of pounds worth of equal pay claims against supermarkets. Background...
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The Employment Tribunal (ET) has issued a road map for 2021/22, which outlines the steps it will take over the coming months as the restrictions begin to ease. The ET...
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