Don’t look now – European Court decides monitoring employee's email account did breach privacy right

In Barbulescu v Romania the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has decided that an employee's right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights had been infringed by IT monitoring.

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Extra protection – dismissal of employee with PHI benefits was unfair and discrimination arising from a disability

The EAT in ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram confirmed that the dismissal of an employee for ill-health which resulted in the loss of PHI benefits was unfair and discrimination arising from a disability.

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Elastic bands – new levels of injury to feelings compensation

Following the Court of Appeal's decision in the Pereira de Souza case that the 10% uplift applies to injury to feelings compensation awarded by the employment tribunal, the new Vento bands have been announced. 

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