In the employment tribunals: January 2011
XpertHR provides summaries of recent employment tribunal rulings.
Unfair procedure used to dismiss convicted employee
Discretionary honorarium did not become contractual
Constructive dismissal: martial arts champion unlikely to have feared violence in private meeting
Employee refused to acknowledge his employer's identity
Former BBC presenter suffered age discrimination
Sexual orientation harassment against gay man during charity fancy-dress day
Unilateral decision to reduce HR manager's job to part time was breach of contract
Employee falsely accused of "planning" sickness absence was constructively dismissed
Removal of contractual recoupment provision led to constructive dismissal
£52,000 award after employer ignored female Polish worker's harassment complaints
Constructive dismissal: unilateral change to job description among breaches that entitled claimant to resign
