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Employee’s length of service irrelevant for wrongful dismissal claims
...discrimination and unfair dismissal, as well as for wrongful dismissal claim (claiming loss of notice pay). Employment tribunal rules dismissal was wrongful Mr Cameron succeeded in...
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Time limits: Court of Appeal highlights importance of clear dismissal letters
...discrimination. Based on a dismissal date of 6 July (the date of receipt of the letter) the claims would have been brought in time. The tribunal agreed with his employer that the dismissal took ...
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Government confirms new right to neonatal care leave and pay
...discrimination for exercising their rights. The rights upon returning to work will the same as for other types of family leave The Government has not yet provided any detail on when the final rules o...
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - what you need to know
...discrimination laws apply when making decisions, including who to offer furlough to. If sufficient numbers of staff are involved, it may be necessary to engage collective consultation processes to pr...
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Increase to injury to feelings awards from 6 April 2020
...discrimination claims are increasing for employment tribunal claims presented on or after 6 April 2020. The new bands are as follows: Lower band of £900 to £9,000 (for less serious cases)...
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ACAS conciliation: importance of conciliating against correct respondent
...discrimination claim is brought against an individual as well as the employer), they must all be named during early conciliation.
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Disability must be long-term when discrimination occurs
...discrimination occurs A claimant can only claim disability discrimination if they can show their condition is long-term at the date when the alleged discrimination take place. When is somone disabled...
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Party manifestos: workplace issues
...discrimination Vulnerable workers Introduce a “dependent contractor” employment status sitting in between “employment” and “self-employment”. Workers in this category would be entitled ...
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Discrimination: no continuing act if alleged acts not discriminatory
...discrimination if the acts relied on amount to unlawful discrimination or victimisation. This may be useful for respondents dealing with multiple allegations of discrimination extending over a period ...
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Removing Christian director who spoke out against homosexuality and same-sex adoption was lawful
...discrimination Mr Page brought a claim for direct discrimination. He asserted that the Trust removed him from office because of his religious beliefs. The employment tribunal rejected hi...
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FCA-regulated employee fairly dismissed for not being a “fit and proper person” after misleading employment tribunal
...discrimination claim against his employer which he lost. The employment tribunal found that he had misled the tribunal about certain matters when giving evidence. It indicated that this was of “grave ...
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Employee entitled to long-term disability benefits until he could return to the same job
...discrimination should therefore be calculated on that basis. Facts In ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram, Mr Visram was on long-term sick leave and receiving benefits under an insurance-backed permane...
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Injury to Feelings in the Workplace Awards from Tribunals Set to Increase
...discrimination in the workplace. The Presidents will review, and if necessary amend, the Guidance in March 2018 and annually thereafter, with the new Guidance coming into effect in respe...
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Academy should have known that teacher was disabled before receipt of Occupational Health report
...discrimination, including breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments. The adjustments identified related to the Academy’s handling of her grievance. The Academy accepted that Ms La...
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Change to burden of proof in discrimination claims
...discrimination claims The EAT has ruled that there is no initial burden of proof on a claimant who brings a discrimination claim. Speedread There is no initial burden of proof on a claimant w...
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Court of Appeal confirms Claimants bear the initial burden of proof for discrimination claims
...discrimination claims The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the initial burden of proof for discrimination claims rests on the Claimant to establish a prima facie case. Facts In Royal Mail Group Lt...
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Implied term prevented employer dismissing employee whilst receiving long-term disability benefits
...discrimination were rejected by the employment tribunal. It ruled that his contract entitled him to long-term disability benefits but it refused to imply a term that ICTS could not dismiss him o...
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Protection against victimisation not lost where employee had ulterior motive for alleging discrimination
Protection against victimisation not lost where employee had ulterior motive for alleging discrimination When considering whether a person has acted in bad faith (resulting in them losing protection a...
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How do Permanent Health Insurance pay outs affect discrimination compensation?
How do Permanent Health Insurance pay outs affect discrimination compensation? An employment tribunal had been correct not to reduce an employee’s losses by the full amount of Permanent Health Insuran...
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Disability discrimination: Failure to consider part-time working meant dismissal not justified
...discrimination arising from disability. The tribunal found his dismissal was unfair due to the employer’s failure to consider a return to work on a part-time basis. However it rejected his discriminat...