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Latest "Gig Economy" Case: Courier Held to Be a Worker

In the latest in a string of cases concerning the employment status of those working in the “gig economy”, the Employment Tribunal in Dewhurst v City Sprint UK Ltd ET2202512/2016 considered whether a courier was a worker or a...more

Can Expired Warnings Be Taken Into Account When Deciding Whether to Dismiss?

In Stratford v Auto Trail VR Ltd UKEAT/0116/16, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether an employer could take into account expired warnings when deciding whether to dismiss an employee. Mr Stratford held...more

Uber Drivers Are Workers, Not Self-Employed Contractors

In the case of Aslam and others v Uber BV ET/2202550/15, the Employment Tribunal considered the employment status of Uber drivers. Uber drivers brought a claim in the Employment Tribunal, alleging that they were workers,...more

Meaning of "Philosophical Belief" Under U.K. Discrimination Law

In Harron v Dorset Police UKEAT/0234/15/DA, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the scope of "philosophical belief" for the purposes of U.K. discrimination law. Mr Harron worked for the Dorset police force....more

Reinstatement Following Dismissal

In McBride v Scottish Police Authority [2016] UKSC 27, the Supreme Court considered whether an Employment Tribunal had been wrong to order the reinstatement of an employee on restricted duties. The Employment Tribunal...more

New Tribunal Compensation Limits 2016

The annual increases in compensation will take effect on 6 April 2016. The most notable changes are as follows: - The limit on a week’s pay for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy payments and the basic...more

Comparators in Age Discrimination

Donkor v Royal Bank of Scotland UKEAT/0162/15 considered the appropriate comparator in direct age discrimination cases. Mr Donkor’s employer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), underwent a restructuring in 2012. As part...more

Dismissal for Sharing Confidential Information Was Unfair

In Stimpson v Citibank N.A. ET/3200437/15, Mr Stimpson brought claims for unfair and wrongful dismissal after being dismissed without notice by Citibank N.A. (Citi) for an alleged breach of Citi’s policies on confidential...more

New Tribunal Compensation Limits 2015

The annual increases in compensation took effect on 6 April 2015. The most notable changes are as follows: - The limit on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy payments and the basic award...more

Successful Appeal Against Dismissal Automatically Revives Employment Contract

In Salmon v Castlebeck Care (Teeside) Ltd & Anor UKEAT/0304/14, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a successful appeal against a decision to dismiss needed to be communicated to the employee in order to...more

Offensive Twitter Comments and Unfair Dismissal

In Game Retail Limited v Laws UKEAT0188/14, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether the dismissal of an employee for tweeting offensive comments from a personal Twitter account was unfair....more

12/31/2014  /  Employment Tribunals , Termination , Twitter , UK

Contract Variations: Implied Acceptance?

In Wess v Science Museum Group UKEAT/0120/14/DM, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether an employee had impliedly accepted a variation of her contract of employment by continuing to work for 9 years, without...more

Employee's Fundamental Breach Was No Bar to Constructive Dismissal Claim

In Atkinson v Community Gateway Association UKEAT/0457/12, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether an employee in fundamental breach of his employment contract could still bring a constructive dismissal claim...more

Acas Early Conciliation Statistics

As we reported in March this year, a new scheme came into force on 6 April 2014 which requires a prospective claimant to contact Acas (the UK employment conciliation service) before they can bring a claim in the Employment...more

US Citizen Could Not Bring Claims in the UK

In Fuller v United Healthcare Services Inc & Anor UKEAT/0464/13/BA, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a US citizen who spent approximately half his time working in the UK could bring statutory employment...more

TUPE: Service Provision Change

In Costain Ltd v Armitage UKEAT/0048/14, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the correct test to be applied to determine whether an employee's employment transferred under TUPE in the context of a service...more

HR Letter Had Contractual Effect

In Hershaw v Sheffield City Council UKEAT/0033/14/BA, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a grievance outcome letter from an HR consultant setting out better terms of pay for the aggrieved employees was...more

Resignation and Constructive Dismissal

In Chindove v William Morrisons Supermarket Plc UKEAT/0201/13/BA, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether an employee had lost the right to claim constructive dismissal because he had delayed in resigning....more

Constructive Dismissal and Post-Resignation Conduct

In Cockram v Air Products Limited UKEAT/0038/14, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employee had lost the right to claim constructive dismissal because he had given his employer a much longer notice period than...more

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