In the employment tribunals: January 2012
XpertHR provides summaries of recent employment tribunal rulings.
Decision to hold disciplinary hearing in employee's absence rendered dismissal unfair
Unfair dismissal of riding instructor who allowed niece to ride horse contrary to insurance policy
Employee unfairly sacked by "jealous" boss for accompanying colleagues to grievance hearings
Betrayal of employee by his union representative after dismissal for gross misconduct led to unfair dismissal
Employee emailed pornographic video by lying manager was unfairly dismissed for inappropriate use of work computer
Race discrimination: former NHS worker awarded nearly £1m
Barclays discriminates against Seventh Day Adventist Christian who could not work Saturdays
Experience requirement for shortlisting indirectly discriminated against female job applicant
