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Employee Fairly Dismissed for Facebook Comments Posted Two Years Earlier

What happened? In Smith v British Waterways Board the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) decided that an employee was fairly dismissed for posting derogatory and disparaging comments on Facebook despite the comments being...more

Case Alert: No Implied Duty to Disclose Allegations of Misconduct in Absence of Express Contractual Obligation

What happened? In The Basildon Academies v Amadi, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the "EAT") decided that an employee was not under an implied duty to disclose allegations of misconduct to his employer where there was no...more

Case Alert: Ignorance is No Defence for Failure to Collectively Consult

What happened? In E Ivor Hughes Educational Foundation v Morris and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the "EAT") upheld the Employment Tribunal's decision to make the maximum protective award of 90 days’ pay to an...more

Case Alert: Employee Fairly Dismissed for Contacting the Information Commissioner's Office Against Instructions

What happened? In Barton v Royal Borough of Greenwich, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the "EAT") decided that an employee was fairly dismissed for misconduct after failing to adhere to his employer's instructions not to...more

Whistleblowing: Meaning of "Public Interest" Test

What happened? The UK's whistleblowing legislation protects employees from being subjected to any detriment or dismissal that arises as a result of that employee making a "qualifying disclosure" of information to his...more

Reasonable, Not Perfect, Efforts Required to Avoid Having Constructive Knowledge of an Employee's Disability

What happened? Under the Equality Act 2010, employers are required to make reasonable adjustments where they know, or "ought reasonably to know", that an employee has a disability. This is commonly referred to as actual or...more

Case Alert: Failure to Pay Bonus to Disabled Employee Was Discrimination

What happened? In the recent case of Land Registry v Houghton the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that an employer had discriminated against disabled employees by operating a bonus scheme which disqualified employees...more

Case Alert: Overseas Worker Protected By UK Employment Law

What happened? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently decided that an Australian citizen, working remotely from Australia for a British company, was entitled to bring unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claims...more

Case Alert: Dismissal for Non-Work Related, Personal Tweets

What happened? In Game Retail Ltd v Laws, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided that an employer had acted reasonably when dismissing an employee for use of his personal Twitter account for non-work related but...more

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