Precedent-setting cases from the EAT and appellate courts, along with reports of selected tribunal cases.
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- Date:
- 2 December 2020
In R (on the application of the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another, the High Court held that the Government has failed to implement properly EU health and safety Directives by excluding workers from the UK implementing legislation.
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- Date:
- 1 December 2020
An employment tribunal held that a redundancy exercise that effectively ruled a pregnant employee out of an available role in the Middle East was discriminatory. The tribunal's £50,121 award included £25,000 for injury to feelings.
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- Date:
- 13 November 2020
In Heskett v Secretary of State for Justice, the Court of Appeal confirmed that, while cost alone is not sufficient, the employer's need to reduce expenditure due to budgetary constraints imposed by the Government is a legitimate aim, and the discriminatory pay policy a proportionate means of achieving that aim.
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- Date:
- 14 October 2020
In Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd, the High Court held that the employer was not negligent or vicariously liable when an employee's practical joke caused an injury to a contractor.
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- Date:
- 28 September 2020
In Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employee who had paranoid delusions about a "Russian gang problem" was not disabled under the Equality Act 2010.
