Unison has lost a tribunal case over allegations that Somerset County Council failed to consult properly with staff as part of a £400m shared-services deal. The trade union took the council to an employment tribunal claiming there was a failure to pr  More...
24 November 2008 11:08

Payouts for equal pay, unfair dismissal, and religious and sexual orientation discrimination jumped as total employment tribunal payouts hit £32m in 2006-07, new statistics have revealed. A Freedom of Information Act request by the Sunday Telegr  More...
10 November 2008 10:10

The government could force employers to take staff complaints to independent mediators as it bids to cut the number of cases going to tribunals. Michael Gibbons, whose 2007 report led to the creation of a new dispute resolution system through the E  More...
03 November 2008 08:41

Tribunal hearings could increase rather than decrease when the UK's new workplace dispute resolution system is introduced, an influential figure has admitted. Michael Gibbons – whose 2007 review led to the creation of the more flexible system&  More...
29 October 2008 12:16

The names and addresses of organisations involved in employment tribunal cases must be made public, the privacy watchdog has ruled . The Information Commissioner's Office has ordered the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform   More...
16 October 2008 14:45

London Underground has been accused of institutional racism against white staff after an Irishman won the latest 'Jellygate' case . Transport for London (TfL), which runs London Underground, was accused of institutional racism by a union officia  More...
15 October 2008 11:31

How long does someone have to work for you before they qualify for statutory maternity pay? What is the national minimum wage for a 19-year-old? How much ordinary adoption leave is an employee entitled to? in association with   More...
28 August 2008 10:46

The legal retirement age of 65 was again challenged in court yesterday by a solicitor who was forced to retire on the grounds of age. Leslie Seldon, former senior partner at Kent-based law firm Clarkson, Wright and Jakes, is challenging an Employmen  More...
15 July 2008 09:22

Sarah-Marie Williams explores tribunals and what employers need to know. Q When will an employer become aware that an employee or former employee has commenced proceedings against it? A Usually only when it receives a letter from the employment  More...
15 July 2008 00:00

An eight-year legal battle to secure part-time firefighters the same rights to pensions and sick pay as their full-time colleagues has ended in victory. The Croydon Employment Tribunal ruled that firefighters working retained duty  – those who   More...
13 March 2008 08:00

Public sector union, Unison has urged Coventry City Council to stop wasting public funds fighting equal pay claims. Unison has made claims on behalf of 250 low paid women council workers and warned Coventry City Council to "face the fact that eq  More...
25 February 2008 11:56

Business secretary John Hutton is to clamp down on unnecessary employment tribunals by throwing millions of pounds at conciliation service Acas. The government has today awarded Acas £37m to help prevent workplace disputes unnecessarily going to emp  More...
06 February 2008 10:21

Infuriated police officers will take their protest over pay to court, it has emerged. Just days after the Westminster police rally, where thousands of officers took to the streets to protest over wages, the Police Federation has been given permiss  More...
05 February 2008 08:01

A transsexual truck driver was ridiculed and forced out of her job when she started dressing as a woman, an employment tribunal heard. Vikki-Marie Gaynor , who was born a man and formally called Mike, claimed bosses at delivery firm Exel Europe unfa  More...
23 January 2008 10:47

The actor who played a character in the children's television show In the Night Garden, on CBeebies, has lost his case of unfair dismissal. Isaac Blake, who lost four out of five claims against Ragdoll Productions, had told an employment tri  More...
18 January 2008 09:49

A group of workers sacked by telephone have won an Employment Tribunal ruling that they were unfairly dismissed. Up to 79 engineers working for Laurence Scott and Electromotors were dismissed by telephone in May 2007 as the company entered adminis  More...
10 January 2008 12:40

A senior sales executive has won a sex discrimination claim against her employer, after her boss called her "useless" for becoming pregnant. Louise Manning could be awarded up to £200,000 after a tribunal in Kent heard how she was told that s  More...
08 January 2008 14:30

Human resources news and analysis including: a look at what 2008 has in prospect for employers the first major tribunal outcome of the year - a heterosexual employee has won damages regarding her sexual orientation a new government cam  More...
04 January 2008 13:35

A sacked London park worker has been awarded a £550,000 record payout after a tribunal ruled he was the victim of disability discrimination. The man, who suffers with learning difficulties, was unfairly sacked from his job by Lambeth Serviceteam  More...
05 November 2007 14:28

Hospitality, retail and construction staff are the most likely to consider making employment tribunal claims, according to the new chairman of conciliation service Acas. Ed Sweeney , who took the reins from Rita Donaghy this month , said high staff  More...
30 October 2007 08:00