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Teacher’s suspension breached the implied term of trust and confidence
Teacher’s suspension breached the implied term of trust and confidence The suspension of a teacher was a fundamental breach of the implied term of trust and confidence entitling her to resign and trea...
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Employer unaware of link between misconduct and disability still liable for discrimination
Employer unaware of link between misconduct and disability still liable for discrimination An employer who dismissed an employee for gross misconduct has been found liable for discrimination arising f...
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Whistleblowing disclosures: wrong to distinguish between information and allegations
Whistleblowing disclosures: wrong to distinguish between information and allegations In order for a disclosure to be protected under the whistleblowing legislation, it has to have sufficient factual c...
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Teacher’s suspension did not breach implied term of trust and confidence
Teacher’s suspension did not breach implied term of trust and confidence A school did not breach the implied term of trust and confidence when it suspended a teacher pending investigation of allegatio...
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Gay head teacher succeeds in unfair dismissal and discrimination claims due to biased disciplinary process
Gay head teacher succeeds in unfair dismissal and discrimination claims due to biased disciplinary process Serious failings and bias throughout the disciplinary process entitled a gay head teacher to ...
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Do employers have to provide facilities for employees to express breastmilk?
Do employers have to provide facilities for employees to express breastmilk? Failure to provide facilities for expressing breastmilk amounted to sex harassment An employment tribunal has ruled that a...
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School ruled not to be vicariously liable for sexual assault
...schools? The relationship between a school and a student undertaking work experience can be “akin to employment”, meaning a school can potentially be held liable for a work experience student’s wro...
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Employment Tribunal Judgment on Employer's Liability for Whistleblowing Claims, Ruled Incorrect
...schools? It goes without saying that schools should only refer teachers to the Teaching Regulation Agency where there are grounds for doing so. Referrals should never be made in retaliation for a tea...
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Headteacher’s dismissal for failing to disclose relationship with sex offender was justified
...schools providing early and/or later years childcare outside of normal school hours, that are covered by the Childcare Act 2006 and Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009 (e.g. schools that hav...
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Claim for negligent teaching against University of Oxford fails
Claim for negligent teaching against University of Oxford fails University legal teams can breathe a small sigh of relief following the recent High Court judgment in the widely-publicised case of...
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Segregating boys and girls at mixed school is unlawful
...schools. Whilst the Equality Act 2010 contains a specific exemption from sex discrimination for single-sex schools, this high-profile ruling will affect all co-ed schools with a segregation policy. Su...
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Supreme Court finds that teachers on strike were deducted too much pay
...schools whose terms are governed by the Burgundy Book, which expressly states that deductions when teachers go on strike should be at the rate of 1/365th of annual salary. In Hartley and others v Kin...
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Judgment in Term-time Holiday Case Published
Judgment in Term-time Holiday Case Published The High Court has published its judgment in the case of Jon Platt, the father prosecuted after he took his child out of school for a family holiday to Flo...
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Employee Sacked for Gross Misconduct Wins Disability Discrimination Claim
Employee Sacked for Gross Misconduct Wins Disability Discrimination Claim An employer has been found to be guilty of discrimination arising from disability even though the medical evidence available ...
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Acas Code does not apply to Dismissal for Some Other Substantial Reason
Acas Code does not apply to Dismissal for Some Other Substantial Reason The Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures did not apply to a dismissal for some other substantial reaso...
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Dismissal for Refusing to Leave Husband was Religious Discrimination
Dismissal for Refusing to Leave Husband was Religious Discrimination An employer discriminated against a teacher on grounds of religion when it dismissed her because she refused to leave her husband...
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Maximum Protective Award Where Employer Unaware of Collective Consultation Obligations
Maximum Protective Award Where Employer Unaware of Collective Consultation Obligations An employer has been ordered to pay 90 days’ pay to each employee after it failed to carry out any collective con...
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Covert Recordings of Disciplinary and Grievance Hearings Could be Relied On
Covert Recordings of Disciplinary and Grievance Hearings Could be Relied On An employee who made covert recordings of both public and private panel discussions at grievance and disciplinary hearings h...
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Dismissal Based on Allegation of Historical Sexual Abuse Unfair
Dismissal Based on Allegation of Historical Sexual Abuse Unfair The dismissal of a caretaker for some other substantial reason, based on police information that an allegation had been made against him...
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Acas Code Applied to Dismissal for Some Other Substantial Reason
Acas Code Applied to Dismissal for Some Other Substantial Reason The Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary Procedures applied to a dismissal for some other substantial reason where disciplinary procee...