Employment and HR

• Disability Discrimination – A Question of Cause and Effect

  • Posted17 February 2017

  Findings of disability discrimination require proof not only of unfavourable treatment but also of a causal connection between that treatment and a person’s disability. That point was thrown into relief...

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• Government Review of Employment Tribunal Fees

  • Posted15 February 2017

  The Ministry of Justice has published its long-awaited review of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, which were introduced in July 2013. This concluded that the objectives for the introduction of...

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• Dismissal When Final Written Warning ‘Manifestly Inappropriate’

  • Posted8 February 2017

  Workplace disciplinary processes often have a number of distinct phases, and legal errors in any one of them can be enough to infect the whole. That point was made in...

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• Whistleblowing Bus Driver Was Unfairly Dismissed

  • Posted24 January 2017

  A worker who ‘blows the whistle’ on wrongdoing in the workplace can claim unfair dismissal if he or she is dismissed for doing so. A worker’s dismissal (or selection for...

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• Employers Must Be Proactive to Ensure Workers Get Proper Breaks

  • Posted13 January 2017

  Except in certain circumstances, an adult worker whose daily working time is more than six hours is entitled to a 20-minute uninterrupted rest break as laid down by Regulation 12(1)...

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• Diabetic Salesman Put Under Too Much Pressure to Meet Targets

  • Posted30 December 2016

  A diabetic telephone salesman who was put under intense pressure to meet targets – and was eventually sacked for failing to do so – has won the right to substantial...

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