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Supreme Court rules on historic holiday pay claims

In Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal's decision that police officers and civilian police support staff in Northern Ireland can recover holiday underpayments that stretch back as far as 1998.

Social media misconduct: Employment tribunal round-up

Date:: 1 December 2022

We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers criticised or disciplined employees for their social media activities.

Coronavirus: Care-home worker fairly dismissed over vaccination refusal

Date:: 26 January 2022

In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a care-home worker was fairly dismissed when she refused to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

Unfair dismissal: Dismissal for frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair

Date:: 6 January 2022

In Hope v British Medical Association, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal was entitled to find that the employer had acted reasonably in dismissing the employee for bringing vexatious grievances and refusing to either pursue or withdraw those grievances.

Disciplinary hearing: Accompaniment by family member was reasonable adjustment

Date:: 14 December 2021

In Cox v Lancashire County Council, an employment tribunal held that allowing an autistic employee's wife to accompany him at a disciplinary hearing was a reasonable adjustment under disability discrimination legislation.

Dismissal for social media misuse: Employment tribunal round-up

Date:: 25 October 2021

We examine four employment tribunal decisions concerning the dismissal of employees for social media activities.

Whistleblowing: Aggravated damages awarded for "malicious" and "vindictive" treatment

Date:: 9 July 2020

In Sinelnikova v ActivTrades plc, an employment tribunal upheld a compliance officer's claims of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and victimisation after finding that she had been subjected to "concerted and malicious" action by her employer.

Age discrimination: Dismissed banker told "you're old and set in your ways"

Date:: 17 February 2020

In Kirk v Citibank NA and others, an employment tribunal held that a senior banker who was dismissed following a redundancy process was subjected to direct age discrimination and unfairly dismissed.

Sex discrimination: Non-payment of allowance during maternity leave was discriminatory

Date:: 30 January 2020

In Commissioner of the City of London Police v Geldart, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a failure to pay a London allowance to a police officer on maternity leave constituted direct sex discrimination and no comparator was required.

Right to work: Employer wrong to rely on checking service

Date:: 17 December 2019

In Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer should not have relied solely on negative Home Office checks when it dismissed the employee for failing to provide right to work documentation.

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Supreme Court rules on historic holiday pay claims

Social media misconduct: Employment tribunal round-up

Coronavirus: Care-home worker fairly dismissed over vaccination refusal

Unfair dismissal: Dismissal for frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair

Disciplinary hearing: Accompaniment by family member was reasonable adjustment

Dismissal for social media misuse: Employment tribunal round-up

Whistleblowing: Aggravated damages awarded for "malicious" and "vindictive" treatment

Age discrimination: Dismissed banker told "you're old and set in your ways"

Sex discrimination: Non-payment of allowance during maternity leave was discriminatory

Right to work: Employer wrong to rely on checking service

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