A bald teacher who claimed he was a victim of disability discrimination has lost his tribunal claim, it has emerged. Retired art teacher James Campbell, 61, at Denny High School in Stirlingshire, took Falkirk Council to an employment tribunal claimi  More...
16 April 2008 16:27

In the recent case of English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a man who had been subject to homophobic 'banter' could not bring a claim for harassment under the sexual orientation regulations, because he was no  More...
13 March 2008 10:29

Employers will need to tighten up discrimination and flexible working policies following a landmark disability decision, which is almost certain to give rise to new rights for millions of workers, legal experts have warned. An advocate-general at the  More...
04 February 2008 08:01

The GMB union constructively dismissed an employee by refusing to allow her grievance to be heard by anyone other than her line manager, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled. In June 2003, the claimant – Ms Brown – lodged a grievance ag  More...
22 October 2007 10:10

Walsall Council has been heavily criticised for a "range of failings" that led to a £650,000 payout to a former employee. Peter Francis was awarded the cash after taking the council to an employment tribunal claiming constructive dismissal and disab  More...
18 September 2007 08:40

Kirstie Redford sounds out leading employment lawyers to find out what they think of the government's Green Paper on equality. The publication of the government's proposals for a Single Equality Bill has made discrimination legislation front-page n  More...
11 July 2007 00:00

Employers need to gain better insight into e-mail patterns to prevent its misuse, and avoid embarrassing situations, says Malcolm Etchells.  More...
13 June 2007 00:00

A City trader is claiming £1.3m in compensation against BNP Paribas bank for sex discrimination. Katharina Tofeji claims managers at the bank treated her unfairly after she announced she was pregnant, the London tribunal heard. She is no  More...
18 April 2007 09:00

Bernard Matthews has announced that it is laying off 130 workers in the aftermath of the bird flu crisis. Further lay-offs of up to 500 employees may be necessary as sales have slumped in the wake of bad publicity. The media coverage of th  More...
27 February 2007 07:08

A pregnant finance manager who was told to choose between her unborn baby or her job has won a sex discrimination case against her former employer. Angela Hildreth claimed her former bosses at the Perdu bar and restaurant in Newcastle-upon-Tyne iss  More...
19 February 2007 16:20

The UK’s fraud prevention service CIFAS and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have launched a free guide to help HR professionals manage the risks associated with fraud.   The Tackling Staff Fraud and Dishonesty: manag  More...
08 February 2007 14:00

Constructive dismissal and affirmation ofthe employment contract  More...
11 September 2006 17:53

A pilot working for Virgin Atlantic left disfigured and unable to fly after a car cash was offered another job in a beauty salon by the airline. John Cullom claims that his treatment amounted to constructive dismissal. He is demanding more than £1m  More...
11 September 2006 14:39

Some managers are choosing to ignore the statutory dismissal procedures and risk a claim.   More...
27 June 2006 08:00

A recent unfair dismissal ruling shows that the Polkey principle still plays an important role.  More...
11 April 2006 00:00

Employees will be able to claim unfair dismissal under UK law even if they do all their work abroad, following a groundbreaking decision in the House of Lords. Stephen Lawson, a former security officer for support services firm Serco, claimed he was f  More...
31 January 2006 00:00

A question that has haunted Guru for some time is whether seeing ghosts is a pertinent reason for firing someone. There has, as yet, been no test case in the UK - but, surprise surprise, there has in the US. In September, Iowa security service Neighbo  More...
10 January 2006 00:00

Thousands of fixed-term contractors could be entitled to the same benefits as staff on permanent contracts when it comes to redundancy payments, following a landmark tribunal decision  More...
04 October 2005 00:00

Sunday working dismissal claim overruled on appeal  More...
09 August 2005 00:00

When is a resignation not counted as a resignation?  More...
09 August 2005 00:00

Daniel Isaac, principal in the employment team at Withers, answers the key questions on which a claim for unfair constructive dismissal by an employee can stand or fall   More...
26 July 2005 00:00

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has rejected BA's appeal against a ruling in favour of a female pilot.  More...
22 July 2005 08:30

Leaked document suggests airline bosses tried to make life unpleasant enough to drive workers to accept redundancy  More...
20 July 2005 13:00

Non-nonsense celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has a reputation for ruling his kitchen with a spatula of iron and motivating his staff through fear. But Ross Bentley finds there’s more to the tough-talking Glaswegian’s management style than meets the eye.  More...
07 June 2005 00:00

A blind IT worker has won a discrimination case against a multinational advertising agency that gave her “nothing to do” for two years  More...
18 February 2005 11:30

A manager at an international waste disposal company has brought the first claim under sexual orientation legislation which came into force in 2003. Robert Whitfield, 28, told an employment tribunal he had been forced out of his £54,000-a-year job at   More...
25 January 2005 11:58

A government drive to end the UK's compensation culture has been welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). In a speech today Lord Charles Falconer, the constitutional affairs secretary, committed the Government to overcoming the problem of  More...
11 November 2004 08:00

In this series, we delve into the XpertHR reference manual to find essential information relating to one of our features.   This month's topic It is an implied term of every employee's contract of employment that the employer will pay him or   More...
01 June 2004 12:31