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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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£16,000 injury to feelings compensation for one-off act of harassment
£16,000 injury to feelings compensation for one-off act of harassment The Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that an employment tribunal had been entitled to award an employee £16,000 compensation for i...
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Employer not liable for harassment when employee shared racially offensive Facebook post
Employer not liable for harassment when employee shared racially offensive Facebook post An employee who posted a racially offensive image on Facebook was not acting in the course of employment. She w...
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The without prejudice rule: exaggerated allegations and unambiguous impropriety
...grievances about sex discrimination and equal pay, after her role was put at risk of redundancy following her return from maternity leave. She argued that a colleague had been wrongly promoted ahead o...
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Dismissal for raising frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair
...grievances was fair Dealing with vexatious grievances An employer dismissed an employee fairly when it dismissed him for repeatedly raising grievances which it considered to be frivolous and vexatiou...
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When is a Whistleblowing Disclosure in the Public Interest?
When is a Whistleblowing Disclosure in the Public Interest? The Court of Appeal has given its judgment in the case of Chesterton Global Limited v Nurmohamed on the question of whether a whistleblowing...
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FCA-regulated employee fairly dismissed for not being a “fit and proper person” after misleading employment tribunal
FCA-regulated employee fairly dismissed for not being a “fit and proper person” after misleading employment tribunal An FCA-regulated firm was entitled to dismiss an employee for not being a “fit and ...
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Academy should have known that teacher was disabled before receipt of Occupational Health report
Academy should have known that teacher was disabled before receipt of Occupational Health report An Academy should have known that a teacher on long-term sick leave was disabled before it received an ...
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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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No right of appeal made dismissal unfair
No right of appeal made dismissal unfair An employee who failed to provide evidence of his continued right to work in the UK had been unfairly dismissed as he had not been afforded a right of appeal.&...
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Whistleblowing Dismissal Automatically Unfair Despite Decision-Maker being Unaware of Disclosure
Whistleblowing Dismissal Automatically Unfair Despite Decision-Maker being Unaware of Disclosure An employee had been automatically unfairly dismissed for blowing the whistle, even though the person ...
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Discriminatory shared parental pay policy: father awarded £27,000 compensation
Discriminatory shared parental pay policy: father awarded £27,000 compensation An employment tribunal has awarded £27,000 for indirect sex discrimination arising from the terms of an employer’s enhan...
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Early Conciliation Certificate Covered Constructive Dismissal Occurring After Certificate Issued
Early Conciliation Certificate Covered Constructive Dismissal Occurring After Certificate Issued An employee could bring a claim of constructive dismissal, even though the early conciliation certifica...
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Employers may have to protect a disabled employee’s pay
Employers may have to protect a disabled employee’s pay It may be a reasonable adjustment for an employer to employ a disabled employee in a more junior role on their existing rate of pay on an indefi...
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Referring to Settlement Negotiations in Unfair Dismissal Claims
Referring to Settlement Negotiations in Unfair Dismissal Claims Employers and employees cannot refer in unfair dismissal proceedings to the fact that settlement negotiations have taken place. Speed...
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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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Acas Code Does Not Apply to Ill-health Dismissals
Acas Code Does Not Apply to Ill-health Dismissals The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures does not apply to dismissals for ...
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Raising Non-Urgent Concerns with Employee on Sick Leave Breached Implied Term of Trust and Confidence
Raising Non-Urgent Concerns with Employee on Sick Leave Breached Implied Term of Trust and Confidence An employer who wrote to an employee on sick leave raising non-urgent concerns had breached the i...
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Instruction Not To Speak Russian at Work Not Race Discrimination
Instruction Not To Speak Russian at Work Not Race Discrimination An employer did not discriminate against an employee on grounds of race when it instructed her not to speak Russian at work. Speedrea...
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Employer Not Required to Make Adjustments to Absence Management Policy
Employer Not Required to Make Adjustments to Absence Management Policy An employer’s failure to ignore a period of disability-related absence and to extend the trigger point for action under its abse...