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Mishandled disciplinary procedures: Employment tribunal round-up

Date:: 13 July 2022

We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that the mishandling of the disciplinary process rendered their dismissals unfair.

Acas code applies to dismissal disguised as redundancy

Date:: 14 June 2022

In Rentplus UK Ltd v Coulson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employer cannot escape the requirements of the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" by disguising a dismissal for misconduct or poor performance as a redundancy.

Discrimination awards: Employment tribunal round-up

Date:: 7 April 2022

We look at four recent discrimination cases where the tribunals upheld the claims and ordered the employers to pay compensation, including one of the highest ever discrimination awards.

Pregnancy discrimination: "Egregious acts" permitted 25% Acas uplift to awards

Date:: 16 December 2021

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.

No award reduction for covertly recording disciplinary proceedings

Date:: 10 February 2021

In Grant v Hunter Price International Ltd and another, an employment tribunal refused to reduce the claimant's award of £73,853 for pregnancy discrimination and constructive dismissal for covertly recording meetings during a discriminatory disciplinary procedure.

Court of Appeal decides if email advice on avoiding discriminatory dismissal is admissible

Date:: 25 October 2019

In Curless v Shell International Ltd, the Court of Appeal upheld the tribunal decision that an email that contained legal advice on how to avoid a discriminatory dismissal is protected by legal privilege because it was not advice to act in an "underhand or iniquitous way".

Settlement discussions admissible in pregnancy and maternity discrimination case

Date:: 15 October 2019

In Stolk v Hunts Foodservice Ltd and another, an employment tribunal awarded the claimant £11,028 after finding that pre-termination negotiations were admissible as evidence of pregnancy and maternity discrimination.

Claimants cannot block publication of employment tribunal decisions

Date:: 19 August 2019

In L v Q Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that the principle of open justice precludes an employment tribunal from accepting a claimant's request that its judgment not be published on the public register of tribunal decisions.

Race discrimination: Compensation uplift for ignoring dismissal appeal and post-dismissal grievance

Date:: 30 May 2019

In Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered the level of race discrimination compensation for an employee whose appeal against her dismissal and post-dismissal grievance were ignored.

Breach of contract: Directors personally liable for exploiting chicken catchers

Date:: 24 April 2019

In Antuzis and others v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd and others, the High Court held that the director and company secretary were both jointly and severally liable for the employer's statutory and contractual breaches.

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Mishandled disciplinary procedures: Employment tribunal round-up

Acas code applies to dismissal disguised as redundancy

Discrimination awards: Employment tribunal round-up

Pregnancy discrimination: "Egregious acts" permitted 25% Acas uplift to awards

No award reduction for covertly recording disciplinary proceedings

Court of Appeal decides if email advice on avoiding discriminatory dismissal is admissible

Settlement discussions admissible in pregnancy and maternity discrimination case

Claimants cannot block publication of employment tribunal decisions

Race discrimination: Compensation uplift for ignoring dismissal appeal and post-dismissal grievance

Breach of contract: Directors personally liable for exploiting chicken catchers

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