A company has been granted a court order preventing a former employee from disclosing or using its confidential information. The company, Rentrack Ltd, collected ticket sales data for cinemas. One of its employees, Mr Green, was approached by a competitor...
An employment tribunal was wrong to rule that an employee who had worked past a notional resignation date had, in fact, resigned. It had failed to consider whether the fact that the employer had asked her to reconsider her resignation meant that there had...
An employee who suffered from paranoid delusions following the break-up of a relationship has lost his claim of disability discrimination. Mr S Sullivan had worked for a small finance company, Bury Street Capital Ltd, as a sales executive since 2008. From...
A worker who was injured because of a practical joke played by a colleague was not entitled to compensation from his employer. That was the decision of the High Court in a case involving Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd and Andrew Chell. Mr Chell suffered a...
A school technician who was discriminated against because of his disabilities and unfairly dismissed has been awarded £117,013 compensation. Mr D Walker suffered with psoriatic arthritis, depression and anxiety. He worked at Old Swinford Hospital...
A secretary who resigned after her managing director said she wouldn’t employ someone because she was black has won her claim of unfair dismissal. Caroline Hobbs worked for Avon Care Homes from November 2015 until she resigned without notice in April...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a decision that a police officer was discriminated against due to assumptions about her hearing impairment. The officer wanted to transfer to Norfolk, but her application was rejected by the Acting Chief Inspector,...
An employer has won a dispute over whether an employee was entitled to three months’ notice while on a fixed-term contract. The case involved a teacher, Ms Kilraine. Her letter of engagement stated that she would be employed from 1 September 2013...
Employers may need to update their diversity policies to include ethical veganism after an employment tribunal held that it was capable of being a protected belief under the Equality Act. The case, which attracted widespread publicity, involved Jordi...
Employers are being urged to draw up comprehensive policies to protect their employees from harassment in the workplace. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says the policies should cover everything from physical intimidation to office banter...
