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  • Date:
    1 November 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Libel: Email stating employee dismissed for gross misconduct not libellous

    In Theedom v Nourish Trading Ltd (t/a CSP Recruitment) and another [2016] IRLR 866 HC, the High Court dismissed an employee's libel claim in respect of emails sent by his employer about his misconduct.

  • Date:
    1 November 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Chris Cook is partner and head of employment and Keely Rushmore is senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    27 October 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sexual harassment award: £14,000 for injury to feelings not excessive

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an employment tribunal decision to award £14,000 for injury to feelings after a young lawyer was subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace and forced out of her job. Zoe Lomax, employment associate at DLA Piper, examines the decision including the level of compensation dictated by the Vento bands.

  • Date:
    5 October 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sex discrimination: £28,321 award over Network Rail's policy on enhanced shared parental pay

    An employment tribunal in Scotland has awarded £28,321 to a Network Rail employee over his employer's policy of giving a period of full pay to mothers and primary adopters on shared parental leave, but paying only statutory shared parental pay to partners and secondary adopters.

  • Date:
    1 October 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    David Malamatenios is partner at Colman Coyle solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    24 September 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Compensation uplift: Acas code of practice does not apply to ill-health dismissal involving no culpable conduct

    In Holmes v Qinetiq Ltd [2016] IRLR 664 EAT, the EAT held the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" has no application where an employer does not allege culpable conduct by an employee. Accordingly, no uplift to compensation under s.207A of TULR(C)A could be applied where the employee was unfairly dismissed on ill-health grounds.

  • Date:
    16 September 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Workplace protected conversations shield cannot be waived

    In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed the privilege that applies to protected conversations cannot be waived and extends not only to the content of those protected conversations, but also to the fact of the conversations taking place.

  • Date:
    1 September 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Chris Cook is partner and head of employment and Keely Rushmore is senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    22 August 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Tribunal remedies round-up: discrimination arising from disability

    We round up three recent employment tribunal awards for discrimination arising from disability under the Equality Act 2010. The compensation awarded in these three cases totals over £25,000.

  • Date:
    17 August 2016
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Employment tribunal awards damages of one month's salary where job offer withdrawn

    An employment tribunal has awarded a claimant damages for breach of contract where he verbally accepted a job offer made by the employment agency acting for the employer, and the employer subsequently withdrew the offer.

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