Five things we learnt in employment law (11 May 2018)
A former CEO of Age UK has lost an unfair dismissal claim. The ex-employee was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2016 after a CQC report … Read More
A former CEO of Age UK has lost an unfair dismissal claim. The ex-employee was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2016 after a CQC report … Read More
A former employee of Tesco has failed in an unfair dismissal claim after the Tribunal found that the employer held a reasonable investigation into potential … Read More
A failure to enhance shared parental leave pay in line with enhanced maternity pay is not direct sex discrimination. The EAT held that the purpose … Read More
Even where a claim provides little or no background information, it should still be accepted and responded to, provided that the respondent could reasonably be … Read More
A Church of England priest who was refused a ministry licence because of his same-sex marriage was not treated unlawfully because the Church’s doctrine on … Read More
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a former head teacher who was dismissed for misconduct, on the basis that she did not disclose … Read More
Pregnant workers are not entitled to priority treatment in a collective redundancy exercise (Porras Guisado v Bankia SA, Court of Justice of the European Union). … Read More
1. Time spent by a firefighter on standby at home (close to work) is working time (CJEU, Ville de Nivelles v Matzak). 2. Children born … Read More
The High Court has ordered that a former employee must surrender his passport pending his compliance with an order to deliver up confidential information which … Read More
Welcome to our first podcast! In this inaugural episode, James Rhodes, Partner at DAC Beachcroft, takes a more detailed look at some of the cases, which appear … Read More