All items: Compliance with statutory grievance procedures

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  Adegbuji v Meteor Parking Ltd EAT/1570/09 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Tribunal procedure: "Fresh evidence" challenges to tribunal decisions should be dealt with by review not appeal

    Date:

    15 September 2010

    In Adegbuji v Meteor Parking Ltd EAT/1570/09, the EAT dismissed an appeal seeking to challenge a tribunal decision on the basis of fresh evidence because the claimant had failed to show that the evidence could not have been put before the tribunal at the time of the hearing. The EAT also remarked that, in general, the appropriate course for parties seeking to rely on new evidence is to apply to the tribunal for a review.

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  Alitalia Airport SpA v Akrif and others EAT/0546/07 (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Statutory grievance procedures: Collective grievance not exempt from the 28-day waiting period

    Date:

    28 May 2008

    In Alitalia Airport SpA v Akrif and others EAT/0546/07, the EAT held that a collective grievance is subject to the 28-day moratorium on issuing tribunal proceedings and must identify all relevant employees.

  • Alitalia Airport SpA v Akrif and others

    Date:

    27 March 2008

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered the application of the statutory grievance procedure when a collective grievance is submitted by union representatives.

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  Arnold & others v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and other joined appeals EAT/0332/08, EAT/0365/08 and EAT/0366/08 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Equal pay: A minimum statement of grievance satisfies the statutory requirements

    Date:

    23 February 2009

    In Arnold & others v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and other joined appeals EAT/0332/08, EAT/0365/08 and EAT/0366/08, in a departure from the Highland Council decision, the EAT held that, to confer jurisdiction on the employment tribunal in an equal pay case, it is sufficient for a grievance to state that an equal pay claim is being raised and for any subsequent tribunal claim to relate to equal pay.

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  Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd v Stewart and another EATS/0052/05 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up: Statutory grievance procedures

    Date:

    21 March 2006

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering statutory grievance procedures.

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  Bisset v Castlehill Housing Association Ltd EATS/0022/06 & EATS/0023/06 (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Statutory grievance procedures: No automatic extension of time limit for claim against fellow employee

    Date:

    2 March 2007

    In Martins v (1) Bisset and (2) Castlehill Housing Association Ltd EATS/0022/06 & EATS/0023/06 the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that the three-month time limit for presentation of a discrimination complaint against a fellow employee was not extended under the statutory dispute resolution provisions.

  • Case round-up: Time limits for bringing tribunal claims

    Date:

    19 September 2006

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering time limits for bringing tribunal claims.

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  BUPA Care Homes (BNH) Ltd v Cann; Spillett v Tesco Stores Ltd [2006] IRLR 248 EAT (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Tribunal practice and procedure: Discretion to extend time unaffected by statutory grievance procedure

    Date:

    23 June 2006

    In BUPA Care Homes (BHN) Ltd v Cann; Spillett v Tesco Stores Ltd [2006] IRLR 248 EAT the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that an employment tribunal may exercise its discretion to hear a discrimination complaint where the step-one grievance was submitted more than four months after the act of discrimination complained of.

  • Discretion on time limits not restricted

    Date:

    1 April 2006

    In the joined cases of BUPA Care Homes (BHN) Ltd v Cann and Spillett v Tesco plc (22 February 2006), the EAT clarifies an important point of interpretation and holds that the tribunal's power to extend the time limit for submitting a claim of discrimination is not restricted by the time limit relating to the statutory grievance procedures.

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 April 2006

    Joe Glavina, of Addleshaw Goddard outlines the latest legal rulings and explains what you need to do to avoid tribunals.

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  Canary Wharf Management Limited v Edebi [2006] IRLR 416 EAT (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Statutory grievance procedures: Grievance not lodged under statutory procedure before employee instigated proceedings

    Date:

    6 October 2006

    In Canary Wharf Management Ltd v Edebi [2006] IRLR 416 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that if a statement cannot, in context, fairly be read as raising a grievance that is the subject matter of a tribunal complaint, compliance with step one of the statutory grievance procedure will be lacking and a tribunal will not be able to hear the claim.

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 May 2006

    Joe Glavina and Rob Riley of Addleshaw Goddard outline the latest legal rulings and explain what you need to do to avoid tribunals.

  • Case round-up: Statutory grievance procedures

    Date:

    11 April 2006

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering statutory grievance procedures.

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  Cannop and others v Highland Council sub nom Highland Council v TGWU and others [2008] IRLR 634 CS (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Case of the week: Equal pay claims

    Date:

    8 July 2008

    This week's case of the week, provided by Addleshaw Goddard, covers equal pay claims.

  • Cannop and others v Highland Council

    Date:

    18 June 2008

    The Court of Session has agreed with the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a case where the employment tribunal had held that equal pay claims could be brought even though the lists of comparators in the grievances were not the same as those in the tribunal applications, should be remitted back to the employment tribunal. The Court of Session confirmed that there should be a correlation between a grievance relied on and a claim submitted.

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  Chard v Telewest Communications plc [2005] ET/1401078/05 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case digest

    Date:

    1 August 2006

    Hilary Slater, consultant with Cobbetts solicitors, provides a round-up of employment tribunal decisions on discrimination.

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  City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council v Pratt [2007] IRLR 192 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council v Pratt

    Date:

    17 January 2007

    In City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council v Pratt [2007] IRLR 192 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a grievance letter stating only that the employee had an equal pay complaint was not sufficient to satisfy step one of the modified grievance procedure.