This week we consider a new EAT decision that emphasises the difficulties of making assumptions about tribunal time limits, particularly the date from when time starts to run....more
8/9/2024
/ Breach of Contract ,
Conciliation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Holiday Pay ,
Payroll Deductions ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unpaid Wages
Our May update includes a case on whistleblowing where the claimant’s belief in the disclosures was questioned along with whether decision makers who knew little or nothing about the disclosures could be blamed for those who...more
5/30/2024
/ Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Information Reports ,
Pay Gap ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
Our April update includes a case on AI facial recognition software that allegedly discriminated against black people, a case where an individual carrying out a dismissal did not have enough knowledge of protected disclosures...more
4/30/2024
/ Age Discrimination ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equality Act ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Racial Bias ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers ,
Work Schedules
Our March update includes a case on whether a theatre and agency could dismiss an actor playing a lesbian role because of her devout Christian beliefs, and a case looking at whether an employee who spends virtually all her...more
3/28/2024
/ Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Jurisdiction ,
Pay Gap ,
Ports ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Remote Working ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal
Our July update includes cases on the dismissal of a devout Christian dismissed for gross misconduct for social media criticism of pro-LGBTQ+ teaching at schools, allowances that tribunals should make to litigants in person...more
7/28/2023
/ Age Discrimination ,
Anti-Nepotism Laws ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Harassment ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Human Rights ,
LGBTQ ,
Pending Legislation ,
Public Schools ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Social Networks ,
Termination ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unconscious Bias ,
Unfair Dismissal
Our June update includes cases on whether an employer notified of an employee’s pregnancy just before termination is liable for a pregnancy dismissal, whether an employer’s future discovery of a disability makes it...more
6/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Performance Reviews ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Sick Leave ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
Our March update includes new cases on whether a “without prejudice” letter attaching a settlement agreement and referring to a termination by mutual agreement can be an effective dismissal letter, the role of written...more
3/23/2023
/ Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Maternity Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Redundancy Payments ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Work Schedules