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COVID-related employment cases: 10 key lessons for employers

Date:: 19 November 2021

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.

Seven key employment law cases from 2020

Date:: 17 December 2020

While the focus has been on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have still had their fair share of employment law cases to keep track of in 2020. We highlight seven noteworthy cases from 2020 that employers should know about.

Unfair dismissal: When should a manager's unreasonable conduct be taken into account?

Date:: 5 March 2020

Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at recent unfair dismissal cases, including Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti, which concern the knowledge of the decision-maker and asks when the unreasonable conduct of another manager should be taken into account in deciding whether or not the decision to dismiss is fair.

Protection from dismissal on grounds of trade union activities - how far does it go?

Date:: 21 June 2018

Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal had to consider if, in sharing information from a manager's desk diary, a trade union rep had acted outside the scope of trade union activities for the purposes of the automatically unfair dismissal protection afforded by s.152 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

Successful "discrimination arising from disability" claim in respect of fair dismissal

Date:: 25 May 2018

Consultant editor Darren Newman explains how the difference between the test of reasonableness in relation to unfair dismissal and the test for justification in relation to "discrimination arising from disability" led to an interesting - and important - Court of Appeal decision.

Misconduct dismissals: Could the long-established approach to fairness be open to question?

Date:: 21 March 2018

Consultant editor Darren Newman considers a recent case in which the Supreme Court judges seemed to cast doubt on the long-established approach to misconduct dismissals set out in Burchell.

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COVID-related employment cases: 10 key lessons for employers

Seven key employment law cases from 2020

Unfair dismissal: When should a manager's unreasonable conduct be taken into account?

Protection from dismissal on grounds of trade union activities - how far does it go?

Successful "discrimination arising from disability" claim in respect of fair dismissal

Misconduct dismissals: Could the long-established approach to fairness be open to question?

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