Current position As it stands, an employee needs to have two years’ service to claim unfair dismissal except in exceptional circumstances. What …
A new duty came into play on 26th October 2024 for employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their …
Mr J Orwin v East Riding of Yorkshire Council: 6000146/2022 The employee in this case added the words, “XYchromosomeGuy/AdultHumanMale” next to his …
Ritson v Milan Babic Architects Ltd [2024] EAT 95 The employee in this case was made redundant but alleged that the real …
Mr Ian Bugden v The Royal Mail Group Ltd: [2024] EAT 80 The employee in this case brought a claim for unfair …
1) Miss G Masiero 2) Mrs J Hussain 3) Miss S Chadwick 4) Ms G Dimitrova v Barchester Healthcare Ltd: [2024] EAT …
Lynskey v Direct Line Insurance Services Ltd ET1802204/2022 and 1802386/2022 After an employer conceded that the employee had a disability by reason …
Fischer v London United Busways Ltd ET/2300846/2021 An employment tribunal has stated that the word “wanker” was a swearword that was generally …
Ozgul Coban v Manes Partners Limited and Alper Ozceylan ET/3301233/2022 Solicitors for the Claimant: ELS Solicitors Limited In this case it was …
Farrar v Uber London Ltd and another ET/2202551/2015 An employment tribunal awarded a former Uber driver the sum of £22,960.85 in respect …
We are proud to have represented David Finch in a recent claim where he was successful in bringing claims of age discrimination …
A claim for constructive dismissal can be brought in various ways. There are three main ways that it could be brought at …
This firm (ELS Solicitors) represented Mr Andrew Ward who was dismissed whilst looking after his wife who was suffering from Grade 3 …
Is an employee entitled to set up a covert camera in his office without being found guilty of gross misconduct? In the …
Some employees during the course of their employment are unhappy and choose to resign or strongly feel that they do not want …
Police officers in Scotland who were subject to disciplinary process for sending group WhatsApp messages. These messages were said to be (amongst …
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/814) effectively states that, if an employee is …
If an employee comes to work and suspects that another employee has COVID-19 – perhaps they are persistently coughing or they have …
ACAS Guidance for employers and workers on use of Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) The ACAS Guidance on non-disclosure agreements has been created to …
Are you entitled to pay during a period of notice if you are sick if you have exhaused your Company sick pay? …
The current position on holiday leave is that a worker is entitled to accrue holiday leave whilst off sick. If a worker …
This is the case of Mr G Conisbee v Crossley Farms Limited and others on the issue, at preliminary hearing on 17th …
The case of Okwu v Rise Community Action, confirms that, in accordance with the Employment Rights Act 1996, section 43B, the disclosure …
An employee who was paid a derisory sum to work as a live in house maid was entitled to bring claims for …
The Employment Tribunal Rules (Rule 92 of Schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 states that …
The Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi demonstrates that a one-off act of discrimination can result in an …
This parliamentary report published on 11th June 2019 addresses various issues not limited to non-disclosure agreements themselves. One of the interesting findings …
Employers may be wise to be careful as this case could result in a claim for constructive and unfair dismissal against a …
The Women and Equalities Commission has produced its report on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. Its recommendations are: • a mandatory duty on …
When bringing a claim for unfair dismissal, an employee has 3 months to lodge a claim to the Employment Tribunal from the …
When bringing a claim for unfair dismissal, an employee has 3 months to lodge a claim to the Employment Tribunal from the …
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a claim for direct discrimination based on perceived disability. An employer rejected the Claimant’s job application …
On 20 October 2017, the government disclosed the refund scheme for selected applicants. The government has now disclosed the full refund scheme …
The case known as “Vento” is the leading case which sets down three bands of compensation for injury to feelings to be …
Advocate General Sharpston has given her view that the Pregnant Workers Directive (92/85/EEC) should protect workers against dismissal from the moment they …
Making unfair dismissal a day one right
Change to law relating to Sexual Harassment at Work
Employment Tribunal dismisses employee’s claims relating to his gender critical beliefs
Employee’s message to employer about working whilst on furlough was not a case of whistleblowing
Employer should consider redeployment as an alternative to dismissal in long-term sickness cases
Employees who refused to get vaccinated during pandemic were fairly dismissed
Compensation for an employer’s failure to allow for menopausal symptoms
Use of word “wanker” potentially discriminatory against transgender female
