Prison Officer Was Unfairly Dismissed After Revealing Sexuality
Forty-year-old Ben Plaistow was the victim of direct discrimination contrary to provisions of the Equality Act 2010, employment judge Michael Ord told the Cambridge Tribunal.
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Jan3 Things We Learnt In Law This Week (10 January 2019)
Unfair Dismissal
Is it fair to dismiss an employee in the transport industry who fails a drugs test? Not always, said the employment tribunal (‘ET’) recently in Ball v First Essex Buses.
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JulGig Economy – Royal Mail Group Facing Legal Action From Drivers
The trend towards gig economy drivers and contractors demanding employment status rights will continue throughout 2018. This should come as no surprise when you consider the recent report published by parliamentary committees which determined nearly 1.6 million people work for gig-economy giants and find relatively little protection provided under current employment law due to their status.
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JunEmployment status: are Addison Lee Couriers workers?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has rejected Addison Lee’s attempt to overturn a judgment by the Employment Tribunal (‘ET’) which found that one of their cycle-couriers was entitled to basic employment rights.
The EAT’s decision is yet another example of the gig economy litigation in which the Tribunals have looked past the written words of the contract of employment to examine the real working arrangements between the parties.
Read MoreLEGAL UPDATE: Failure to Provide Enhanced Share Parental Pay is NOT Sex Discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has decided that failure to pay a male employee enhanced shared parental pay, in circumstances where it paid enhanced pay to women on maternity leave, was not direct sex discrimination.
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MarLEGAL UPDATE: Recent case law on unfair dismissal
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal brought by a head teacher who was sacked after she failed to disclose her friendship with a convicted sex offender to a local authority.
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