This week we look at a case that determines whether an employee has “sought” to take parental leave in the absence of giving formal notice. Does seeking parental leave demand formal application? This week’s Employment Appeal Tribunal case is Hilton Foods Solutions LTD and Andrew Wright. The appellant, the respondent in the Employment Tribunal, argued [...]
Can You Be Dismissed For Being A Serial Complainer? The Court of Appeal are set to hear the appeal of Hope v British Medical Association (BMA) this year. The Claimant, during the course of his employment, had made numerous grievances against his senior managers which, in turn led to his dismissal for gross misconduct. Each [...]
Claimant Who Destroyed Evidence Before Damages Hearing Gets Her Claim Struck Out In the case of Kaur v Sun Mark Ltd and others, the Claimant had successfully shown the Employment Tribunal (ET) that she was a victim of sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. Following an appeal by the Respondent on the Victimisation claim, the Respondent [...]
Hello again and welcome back to another case of the week. For those who missed last week’s case on disability discrimination and whistleblowing can click here. This week, we look at the case of Atif v Dolce & Gabbana UK Ltd regarding a claim of race discrimination. The Claimant, Ms Atif worked at the well-known [...]
Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us for another case of the week. Last week, we examined a claim for constructive unfair dismissal. For anyone that missed it, you can find that here. This week, we look at the case of Hall v Transport for London. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as [...]
Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week, where we look at a claim for unfair constructive dismissal. Those that missed last week's case regarding a disability and reasonable adjustments claim, can find it here. This week’s case is Mr M Clifton v Maximus UK Services Ltd. The Claimant was employed as a business [...]
Good morning all and thank you for joining us for our case of the week. For those that missed out on last week's update, which involved pregnancy discrimination, you can find that here. This week, we are examining a disability and reasonable adjustments claim in the case of Miller v Rentokil Initial UK Ltd. The [...]
Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. This week, we look at whether a Claimant was entitled to enhanced maternity pay after signing a new contract with terms which were less favourable and not drawn to her attention. Those that missed our last case update of the dismissal of the Christian [...]
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for another case of the week update. For everyone that missed our last update about a whistleblowing claim, you can find that here. This week, we are looking at whether a Christian actress can be fairly dismissed from a lesbian role in the case of Omooba v [...]
Welcome back to another case of the week. This week we’re looking at Unfair Dismissal, Whistleblowing and Protected Disclosures in the recent case of Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as the Head of Sales at Wicked Vision Ltd from 19 November 2017 until his dismissal on 18 February [...]
Welcome back everyone and thank you for joining us for this week's case of the week. Before we begin, we would like to say thank you to everyone who has booked on to this year’s seminar. For those yet to book their place it will be on Tuesday 12 March and we'll be discussing all employment [...]
This week we ask the question - does not providing extra time in an interview for an employee with a stammer amount to disability discrimination? For those that missed our last update where we looked at a significant case on whether anti-Zionist beliefs amounted to a protected belief, you can catch up here. This week's [...]
University of Bristol v Professor David Millar Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. Last week we looked at a race discrimination claim in the case of Dr Nicholas Jones v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Those that missed it can find it here. This week we're looking [...]
Welcome back to another case of the week. Last week our newsletter covered a professor who suffered victimisation, harassment and direct discrimination for expressing her views at a Women’s Place UK talk, mass redundancy at Port Talbot and DPD learning that it’s not just disgruntled employees that can be disloyal when its own AI chatbot stated [...]
