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  Zafar v Glasgow City Council [1998] IRLR 36 HL (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Race discrimination: Reasonableness irrelevant to less favourable treatment

    Date:

    1 February 1998

    The concept of direct discrimination under the Race Relations Act requires it to be shown that the claimant has been treated by the person against whom the discrimination is alleged less favourably than that person treats or would have treated another, the House of Lords rules in Zafar v Glasgow City Council.

  • Unreasonable is not less favourable

    Date:

    1 December 1997

    In Zafar v Glasgow City Council the House of Lords has ruled that whether an employer has acted reasonably is irrelevant to a complaint of discrimination.

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  Zaiwalla & Co and another v Walia [2002] IRLR 697 EAT (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Aggravated damages: Aggravated damages award based on employer's conduct of defence

    Date:

    9 December 2002

    In Zaiwalla & Co and another v Walia the EAT holds that an employment tribunal which upheld an employee's complaint of sex discrimination was entitled to award aggravated damages of £7,500 to reflect the fact that the employer conducted its defence of the tribunal proceedings in a manner deliberately designed to be intimidatory and threatening, and to cause the maximum distress to the employee.

  • Aggravated damages for misconduct in defending case

    Date:

    1 November 2002

    In Zaiwalla & Co v Walia (24 July 2002), the EAT rules that aggravated damages can be awarded by reference to an employer's conduct in defending a discrimination case.

  • On appeal

    Date:

    15 October 2002

    Continuing our series on the implications of recent significant cases, Chris Middleton of Kemp Little's employment group looks at the issues surrounding some employment-related disputes.

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  Zalewska v Department for Work and Pensions ET/2205237/19 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

    Date:

    25 May 2022

    We look at five recent cases in which employers have been found to have discriminated against employees who were pregnant or on maternity leave.

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  Zaman and others v Kozee Sleep Products Ltd (t/a Dorlux Beds UK) EAT/0312/10 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case of the week: Protective awards under TUPE

    Date:

    17 August 2011

    This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers protective awards under TUPE.

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  Zanicchi v Post Office and another [2002] All ER (D) 152 (Sep) EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure

    Date:

    18 April 2003

    A review of recent significant cases on practice and procedure in employment tribunals and the EAT.

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  Zborowski v Marble City Ltd [2009] ET/2302314/09 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Unfair dismissal in selection for redundancy: employment tribunal decisions

    Date:

    24 November 2009

    This article summarises the main issues and outcomes in five tribunal cases where individuals brought unfair dismissal claims in relation to a decision by their employer to make them redundant. Although the decisions are not binding on other tribunals, they provide useful illustrations for employers of situations that have led to unfair dismissal claims for redundancy.

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  Zentralbetriebsrat der Landeskrankenhäuser Tirols v Land Tirol C-486/08 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • EU: ECJ rules on holiday rights after parental leave

    Date:

    20 May 2010

    The European Court of Justice ruled in April 2010 that workers who take parental leave cannot, after the leave, be deprived of their annual leave entitlement accumulated during the year preceding the birth of their child. The judgment also deals with the rights of part-time and fixed-term workers.

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  Zia and others v Brighton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ET/2301120/2014 & others (1 report relating to this case)

  • £69,484 costs order after NHS trust was sent covert recording of meeting with lawyers

    Date:

    17 June 2016

    In this unusual case, an employment tribunal struck out four claimants' cases and ordered them to pay £17,371 each in costs after the respondent NHS trust's chief executive and lawyers were sent a covert recording of the trust receiving legal advice.

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  Zimmer Ltd v Brezan EAT/0294/08 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Zimmer Ltd v Brezan

    Date:

    18 February 2009

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal finding that a dismissal was automatically unfair because the risk of dismissal was not made clear in the step one letter.

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  Ziska v Steel Family Jewellers 1103233/2009 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Notification of branch closure and offer of alternative employment amounted to notice of dismissal

    Date:

    8 April 2010

    In this case, the notification of a branch closure and offer of alternative employment amounted to a notice of dismissal.