Employment Articles

It was perverse for an employment judge to have characterised an employer's investigative and disciplinary process as "a catalogue of ineptitude and misjudgement" yet to have concluded that the resulting dismissal was nonetheless fair. That...

The Employment Tribunal has ruled that a Sainsbury’s worker who lost her job over a comment about Black Lives Matter (BLM) was unfairly dismissed. Mrs M Cunnington was a price controller and had worked for the supermarket chain since 1992. During the...

The Employment Tribunal has ruled that a child care centre acted unfairly when it dismissed a nursery worker over allegations that she encouraged children to kick and taunt a colleague. The case involved Miss S Flynn who had been the team leader in the baby...

The Government has announced it will introduce a duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment and consider extending the time limit for claims under the Equality Act 2010 from three to six months. There will also be explicit protections from third-party...

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision that a postman had not been subjected to race discrimination when his applications for more than 30 jobs all failed. In giving its judgment, the court clarified the correct approach to be taken by employment tribunals...

The Court of Session has ruled that an education authority had not acted unfairly when it dismissed a teacher after indecent images were found on his computer. The issue arose after police attended the teacher's home to carry out inquiries relating to...

A woman who stumbled across a workplace WhatsApp group featuring racially abusive remarks about her has been awarded nearly £25,000 for unlawful harassment on the grounds of sex, race and religious belief.  The case involved Mrs Muna Abdi who...

A nurse who was dismissed for refusing to work weekends has won a landmark ruling that could affect thousands of women with children. Gemma Dobson was a community nurse with North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS. She had worked fixed days because she had three...

The General Medical Council (GMC) has been found to have racially discriminated against a Muslim doctor of African and European heritage. In giving its ruling, the Employment Tribunal referred to the high number of complaints against ethnic minority staff...

The Employment Tribunal has ruled that a company acted unfairly when it dismissed an employee because he went to the pub while off sick from work. The case involved Mr Colin Kane, who worked as a driver for Debmat Surfacing, a company that lays tarmac. ...