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- Date:
- 22 August 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.
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- Date:
- 17 August 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
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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- Date:
- 1 July 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is partner at Colman Coyle Solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 29 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" does not apply to dismissals for some other substantial reason (SOSR) due to a breakdown in working relationships.
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- Date:
- 24 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the employment tribunal has no power to stay proceedings indefinitely for the purpose of compelling the claimants to bring a new action in the High Court.
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- Date:
- 17 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In this unusual case, an employment tribunal struck out four claimants' cases and ordered them to pay £17,371 each in costs after the respondent NHS trust's chief executive and lawyers were sent a covert recording of the trust receiving legal advice.
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- Date:
- 1 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered if a tribunal can award compensation to an employee for injury to feelings where the employer fails to provide 20-minute rest breaks in breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
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- Date:
- 1 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Beth Staniland is a trainee solicitor, and Emma Cousins, Ciara Jenkins, Iain Naylor and Lucy Sorell are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 April 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Lauren Evans, Iain Naylor, David Rintoul, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 March 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner in the employment department at Colman Coyle Solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.