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Hiring & Firing Discrimination UK Employment Appeal Tribunal

Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and... more +
Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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Disciplinary Process: One-off Act or Ongoing Act in Discrimination Context?

In Hale v Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust UKEAT/0342/16/LA the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a disciplinary process was a one-off act or an ongoing act in the context of U.K....more

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Employment News - May 2017 #2

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Wrong answer – applicant should have been allowed an alternative to multiple choice test - The EAT in Government Legal Service v Brookes found that a job applicant with Asperger's had been unlawfully discriminated...more

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Employment News - April 2017 #2

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One for all – no need to prove the reason for group disadvantage for indirect discrimination claim - The Supreme Court in Essop v Home Office has allowed the claimants' appeal against the Court of Appeal's rejection of...more

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Employment News - March 2017 #4

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Lack of communication – contractual dismissal notice only took effect when received - In Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood the Court of Appeal has decided that contractual notice of dismissal only took...more

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Employment News - March 2017 #3

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Last minute decider – incapacity dismissal without considering new evidence was disability discrimination - The Court of Appeal in O'Brien v Bolton St Catherine's Academy has reinstated a Tribunal decision that the...more

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