employmentlaw

Apr

2022

Bus Driver Sacked Whilst on Sick Leave Succeeds in Unfair Dismissal Claim

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Dismissing a sick employee on medical grounds may be lawful and justified, but it is always something that is likely to attract close scrutiny by an Employment Tribunal (ET). In a case on point, a bus driver who was sacked whilst on sick leave,...

Apr

2022

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Brought Employment Status Disputes to a Head

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Strains on the labour market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a great many latent disputes concerning employment status coming to a head. That was certainly so in the case of a woman who, despite her lynchpin role in an events and...

Apr

2022

Employee Ordered to Return Former Employer's Confidential Documents

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Those who, without authority, retain their employers' confidential documents after their employment is terminated commit a civil wrong – but what if they intend to use such documents in pursuit of Employment Tribunal (ET) proceedings? The High Court...

Mar

2022

Agency Workers Have No Right to Apply for Vacant Permanent Positions

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Agency workers have a right to be informed by those who hire them of permanent positions that become vacant – but are they also entitled to apply for such posts? Following an important test case, the Court of Appeal has answered that question...

Mar

2022

Cleaner Unfairly Dismissed Following 'Engineered' Disciplinary Process

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Employers may be put under pressure by an unhappy client to take action against a particular employee. However, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed, that is all the more reason why a scrupulously fair procedure must be followed (Murphy v...

Mar

2022

P&O Devastating Sacking of 800 people

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

P&O sacked 800 employees yesterday via video to replace them with "cheaper agency staff". The employees were told yesterday that it was their "final day of employment". Some of these employees have been with the Company their whole life. P&...

Mar

2022

Tech Company Failed to Make Reasonable Adjustments for Cancer Sufferer

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Corporate reorganisations arising from a change in ownership very often result in a need to reduce staff numbers. However, as one case showed, it is vital to conduct redundancy exercises fairly and openly and with careful regard to the particular...

Mar

2022

COVID-19 Whistleblower Succeeds in Automatic Unfair Dismissal Claim

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees have complained that social distancing and other precautions were not enforced with sufficient rigour in their workplaces. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling in a whistleblowing case made plain,...

Mar

2022

Whistleblower Treated as 'Complainer' Receives Substantial Compensation

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Whistleblowers perform a vital role in the public interest and managers who persist in viewing their activities merely as inconvenient belly-aching expose themselves to condemnation by Employment Tribunals (ETs). That was certainly so in the case of...

Mar

2022

Fear of COVID-19 is Not a Philosophical Belief

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

A fear of contracting COVID-19 or infecting others with the virus is both worthy of respect and readily understandable. However, an Employment Tribunal (ET) has ruled in a novel case that it does not amount to a philosophical belief (X v Y). The...

Search form

Bus Driver Sacked Whilst on Sick Leave Succeeds in Unfair Dismissal Claim

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Brought Employment Status Disputes to a Head

Employee Ordered to Return Former Employer's Confidential Documents

Agency Workers Have No Right to Apply for Vacant Permanent Positions

Cleaner Unfairly Dismissed Following 'Engineered' Disciplinary Process

P&O Devastating Sacking of 800 people

Tech Company Failed to Make Reasonable Adjustments for Cancer Sufferer

COVID-19 Whistleblower Succeeds in Automatic Unfair Dismissal Claim

Whistleblower Treated as 'Complainer' Receives Substantial Compensation

Fear of COVID-19 is Not a Philosophical Belief

Latest News

Subscribe

Connect with us

Contact Birmingham

Contact Sheldon

Contact Shirley/Solihull