Employment and HR

• Repayment of Flight and Training Costs Fair

  • Posted29 January 2015

  When a Polish au pair was dismissed by her employers, they demanded repayment of the air fares and training costs they had incurred. This was in accordance with the...

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• Employment Tribunal Treated Psychotic Litigant Unfairly

  • Posted20 January 2015

  A litigant who was in the grip of a psychotic episode when he turned up an hour late to an Employment Tribunal (ET) hearing – only to discover that his...

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• Government Publishes Guidance on the ‘Fit for Work’ Service

  • Posted14 January 2015

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published guidance for employers and employees on the new ‘Fit for Work’ service, originally referred to as the Health and Work Service,...

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• Bank Worker’s Disability Discrimination Claim Setback

  • Posted9 January 2015

  A bank worker who claims she was subjected to a campaign of abuse and degrading treatment by colleagues due to the ‘pot-pourri’ of medical conditions from which she suffered has...

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• Employee Foolishness No Defence in Health and Safety Cases

  • Posted31 December 2014

  In a case which vividly illustrates the exacting health and safety standards placed on industrial employers, a flooring company was convicted and fined over an accident which an injured employee...

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• Obese Workers and Disability Rights

  • Posted19 December 2014

  The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld an earlier ruling of the Advocate General on a question raised by the Danish District Court in holding that...

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