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- Date:
- 7 January 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has restored the High Court decision granting a doctor an injunction to prevent an NHS trust from continuing flawed disciplinary action against her without first restarting and completing an investigation under its disciplinary policy.
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- Date:
- 20 December 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held for the second time in 2013 that there is no requirement for an employee's request to be accompanied by a particular companion to a discipline or grievance meeting to be reasonable, provided the chosen person meets the definition of a companion in the Employment Relations Act 1999.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 11 November 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal decision provides a useful example for employers of what the legislation on the right to be accompanied means when it says that the right applies where a worker "reasonably requests" to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing, an issue on which there is a surprising paucity of case law.
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- Date:
- 11 November 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employer lost an employment tribunal case because it did not allow an employee who was still on his probationary period be accompanied at a meeting at which he was informed that he was being dismissed.
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- Date:
- 16 October 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal decision shows that there is nothing to stop a transferee from disciplining a transferred employee who is alleged to have committed misconduct before the transfer.
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- Date:
- 2 October 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Assumptions that an individual accused of sexual harassment must be guilty can be costly, as this council found out after a tribunal awarded the claimant £169,000 for sex discrimination and constructive dismissal.
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- Date:
- 1 October 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner, and Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues are solicitors at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 10 July 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that there is no requirement for an employee's request to be accompanied by a particular companion to a discipline or grievance meeting to be reasonable, provided the companion is within one of the categories set out in s.10(3) of the Employment Relations Act 1999.
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- Date:
- 26 June 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has reiterated the importance of employers carrying out a sufficiently thorough disciplinary investigation where there are allegations of criminal behaviour.