Employment and HR

• Tribunal Gives Guidance on ‘Totting-Up’ Dismissals

  • Posted10 July 2013

  In circumstances where a prior written warning ‘tipped the balance’ in favour of an employee’s dismissal following a further incident of alleged misconduct, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has given...

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• Nursery Officer’s Disability Discrimination Claim to be Reheard

  • Posted28 June 2013

  In directing reconsideration of a local authority employee’s disability discrimination claim, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has emphasised that the making of an assessment as to what reasonable adjustments might...

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• Employment Tribunal Fees

  • Posted28 June 2013

  From 29 July 2013, bringing an Employment Tribunal (ET) claim will no longer be free of charge. From that date, the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees...

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• Age Discrimination – Qualifications and Pay Structure

  • Posted19 June 2013

  The Employment Tribunal (ET) has now delivered its judgment in the long-running case of Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, which dealt with a claim of indirect age...

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• Race Discrimination Claim Was Not Too Late

  • Posted10 June 2013

  The Court of Appeal has ruled (Charles v Tesco Stores Ltd.) that the Employment Tribunal (ET) erred when it struck out an employee’s race discrimination claim on the ground that...

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• Logistics Company Fined for Lorry Driver’s Death

  • Posted30 May 2013

  West Midlands logistics company Nightfreight (GB) Limited has been fined £300,000 for breaches of health and safety law after one of its drivers was killed by a runaway lorry at...

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