Lighter Side of The News
Tesco employee makes slightly informal tannoy announcement. You can view the full news article here. To be honest, we think it’s better than the normal ones (although his manager probably disagrees).
March 2021 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to our monthly newsletter. It’s been an interesting month in employment law, with two decisions from the Supreme Court. The first found that Uber drivers are workers and are therefore entitled to holiday pay and the national minimum wage. The second (covered below) concerns the national minimum wage in the context of [...]
Lighter Side of the News – Co-Op Worker Fired for Shooting TikTok Videos in Work Uniform
For those unable to keep track of whatever app is currently in vogue among the youth, TikTok, a Chinese social media app that allows users to dance along to music, is currently a favourite. Lucy Skinner worked for Co-Op in Cumbria. She is somewhat of a TikTok tycoon, and regularly posts on the app. Apparently, [...]
Lighter Side of the News – Man Mistaken for Manager in Work Group Chat Fires All Employees
And now for the lighter side of the news, which won’t be difficult as this newsletter has been about the Working Time Regs and facemask dismissals. First up, be careful who you invite to your work Whatsapp group. Aaron Ledster, 25, found himself added to a group of people who thought he was their manager. [...]
April 2020 Newsletter
Despite April only having 30 days, the seemingly longest month of our lives has ended, which means it is time for our employment law update to round up some of the employment law news of the month. COVID-19 has dominated all news including employment law but will only feature as a segue or McGuffin into [...]
The Lighter Side of The News:
The heading may be a misnomer, may be in this case, perhaps the heavier side may be more appropriate. Yes a court in Malaysia ruled that Malaysia Airlines acted fairly in dismissing a 5 foot 2 stewardess who weighed 9 stone 6lbs, 1lb over Malaysia Airlines prescribed weight limit for female stewards. I know the aisles [...]
Lighter Side of the News – Sacked for Racist Auto Correct
We round the decade off the same way we finish any update, with a tale of someone being a plonker. Oliver de Planta was a services administrator at Newcastle university. Four days into starting his position he sent an email to a BAME colleague addressing the colleague as Hash Brown. He was ultimately dismissed for [...]
Lighter Side of the News – Sacked for Workplace Party
As always we round off our newsletter with a tale of absurdity from tabloids. This month’s story is also a timely reminder that we are fast approaching Christmas party season. Alyn Williams ran a Michelin starred restaurant inside a Mayfair hotel. He had opened the restaurant in 2011 helping it to win a Michelin Star [...]
Lighter Side of the News – Tile Supplier Sack Employee for Customer Service Row with Amanda Holden
This month there seems to have been an explosion of absurd incidents that have made the tabloids. As such we have four – yes four! – tales of hilarity, stupidity or sheer incredulity for you to end this month’s update. Our first such tale concerns an Appleby Tiles named Jack. Jack entered into a customer […]
Lighter Side of the News – Sacked for Sex Toy Prank
Starting as we mean to go on, our next unbelievable story is an Australian case involving a sex toy prank. Tara Odgers was a lorry driver for a mining company subsidiary of BHP. She had recently been the victim of a prank by a colleague who put pizza on the roof of her accommodation. In […]
Lighter Side of the News – NSPCC Employee Scked for Filming Pornographic Video in Work Toilet
From one sordid tale to another, the next employment error off the production line this month concerns the NSPCC, a children’s protection charity. Like a lot of charities, they utilise celebrities as ambassadors to boost the profile of their campaigns. James Makings was employed by the NSPCC as a celebrity booker. Mr Makings was also […]
Lighter Side of the News – Teacher Sacked for Making Holocaust Joke to Jewish Pupils
Our final foolish fable is a less sexually explicit but still short-sighted and moronic. A teacher at a Hertfordshire primary school told a class of ten year olds that they better finish off their work quickly, or they’ll be shipped off to the gas chambers. The class contained 11 Jewish pupils. The teacher quickly informed […]
Lighter Side of the News – Sacked for Single Use Plastics
As always we round off with a tale of the unexpected. This month we have two such peculiar tales for you. Climate change protests ad Greta Thornburg have seldom been out of the news this month. People from all around the world have taken to the streets to show that climate change is a concern […]
Lighter Side of the News – Groundhog Day Sacking
Our second and final silly tale moves into the realm of virtual reality.