High-profile employment tribunal cases, usually involving allegations of sex or race discrimination or bullying against City firms or celebrity employers attract huge amount of press coverage.
Recent cases include a race discrimination claim against Sadie Frost's fashion boutique, allegations of abuse at one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, plus bullying and sex discrimination claims against F&C Asset Management by ex-employee Gill Switalski.
Now top employment lawyer Howard Hymanson from law firm Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons is arguing that reporting rules in these types of big cases need a rethink. He says:
"The threat of sensationalised media coverage of tribunal claims does nothing to encourage deserving claimants to come forward and bring their case, and it often also leaves employers with a good defence with little option but to settle a claim in order to escape lurid publicity."
His article is well worth a read and can be found on The Lawyer magazine's website.
