Employment Articles

A slaughterhouse worker with 40 years’ experience who was sacked for a “21-second oversight” has won his claim of unfair dismissal. Brian Christie had worked for the meat processing company McIntosh Donald for 42 years and reached the...

A company has enforced a restrictive covenant preventing a highly experienced employee from working for a competitor for six months. The case involved a UK subsidiary of a worldwide group offering professional services, and one of its consultants. The...

Overtime worked by ambulance staff during an emergency or when they can’t avoid it the end of a shift should be included in their holiday pay calculation. However, voluntary overtime agreed in advance doesn’t have to be included. That was the...

The retail giant Argos has failed to get a court order restraining the Unite union from calling strike action in a dispute over staff relocation. The issue arose after Argos announced that there would be a TUPE transfer of one of its distribution centres to...

Thousands of women have won an equal pay claim estimated to be worth a total of £50m in a dispute dating back over several years. The 6,000 women all worked for Glasgow City Council in a variety of low-paid roles including carers, caterers and...

The EU’s leading lawyer has stated that workers are entitled to claim unpaid holiday entitlement even after they have left their employment. Advocate General Tanchev said: “In circumstances where an employer has not provided a worker with paid...

Jaguar Land Rover has been ordered to pay £19,000 compensation to a black employee who was subjected to racist slurs by staff and management.   Mr Paul Hoyte claimed he had regularly suffered abuse and harassment because of his race and...

A company has succeeded in preventing a former employee from working for a competitor for a set period and obliging her to return confidential documents. The employee had worked as an office, accounts and recruitment manager and her written terms of service...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that claims by employees for unlawful deductions or underpayment must be made within three months or they would be time-barred. The ruling was made in the long running case involving employees who claimed...

A special psychometric test discriminated against a job applicant with Asperger’s Syndrome because it put her at a disadvantage to other candidates. That was the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Ms Terri Brookes who...