In Slade and another v Biggs and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal had been entitled to apply the 25% Acas uplift to the awards for aggravated damages and injury to feelings, given its findings of serious pregnancy discrimination.
Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic and highlight what lessons employers can learn from them.
Use this flowchart to deal with the practical and legal issues involved in responding to an employment tribunal claim, including preparing the grounds of resistance.
With organisations and claimants often waiting months and years for an outcome at an employment tribunal, judicial mediation could help both parties reach a settlement much sooner than they would if their case progresses to a final hearing. Alan Lewis highlights some of the benefits.
A model checklist to use when holding an initial settlement discussion with an employee who is subject to a performance improvement procedure, or has reached the stage when a performance improvement procedure is about to be invoked.