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Sep

2023

A Business is Not an Autocracy – ET Fires Warning Shot

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Old-school small business owners often place themselves at financial and reputational risk by taking a dictatorial approach to management. An Employment Tribunal (ET) made this point powerfully in awarding substantial compensation to an unfairly...

Jul

2023

Protected Beliefs and Same-Sex Relationships/Transgender Issues

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

The often-heated debate concerning same-sex relationships and transgender issues can hardly have escaped anyone's notice. In the case of a school pastoral worker who was dismissed after expressing her forthright views on the subject on social media...

Jun

2023

Employment Judge's Interventions Gave Rise to Apparent Bias – EAT Ruling

Written by Carina Jheeta

Judges are entitled to robustly manage the cases that come before them, but what they cannot do is give even an impression that they are taking sides. In a case on point, an employment judge's interventions during a hotly contested hearing were...

Jun

2023

Chair-Renting Hairdresser Remained an Employee – Guideline ET Ruling

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Many hairdressers rent chairs from salons, paying a percentage of their takings to salon owners. However, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling made plain, their apparent self-employed status is in many cases illusory (Matthews v Razors Edge Group...

Apr

2023

Conducting a Fair Redundancy Exercise – Guideline EAT Ruling

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

A redundancy process in which a decision to dismiss is effectively taken in advance of consulting an affected employee will almost never be fair. The point was made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of a nurse who was selected for...

Mar

2023

Pressurised Delivery Driver Succeeds in Disability Discrimination Claim

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

The pressure under which the UK's legion of delivery drivers work is well known as online shopping habits increase. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed, however, workers' disabilities must never be ignored when assigning them a reasonable...

Feb

2023

Marital Discrimination – ET Failed to Ask the Right Question

Written by Carina Jheeta

To treat employees unfavourably because they are married amounts, unsurprisingly, to unlawful discrimination. However, as one case showed, proving a causal link between such treatment and marital status can be highly demanding. The case concerned a...

Jan

2023

Vehicle Technician Attacked by Colleague Receives Substantial Compensation

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

No one can be expected to put up with unprovoked aggression or violence in their workplace. An Employment Tribunal (ET) made that point in awarding substantial compensation to a vehicle technician who felt that he had no option but to resign after...

Dec

2022

Time Limits in Employment Cases – Any Delay Could Stymie Your Claim

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Time limits are strictly applied in employment cases and any failure to abide by them can place even an otherwise meritorious claim in real jeopardy. That was certainly so in the case of a call centre worker who lodged a sexual harassment complaint...

Oct

2022

There's a Big Difference Between Assertive Management and Bullying

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

There is all the difference in the world between an assertive management style and one that descends into aggressive bullying. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed, employers who fail to take effective steps to stamp out the latter behaviour...

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A Business is Not an Autocracy – ET Fires Warning Shot

Protected Beliefs and Same-Sex Relationships/Transgender Issues

Employment Judge's Interventions Gave Rise to Apparent Bias – EAT Ruling

Chair-Renting Hairdresser Remained an Employee – Guideline ET Ruling

Conducting a Fair Redundancy Exercise – Guideline EAT Ruling

Pressurised Delivery Driver Succeeds in Disability Discrimination Claim

Marital Discrimination – ET Failed to Ask the Right Question

Vehicle Technician Attacked by Colleague Receives Substantial Compensation

Time Limits in Employment Cases – Any Delay Could Stymie Your Claim

There's a Big Difference Between Assertive Management and Bullying

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