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• Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 20.02.10 to 05.03.10

  A round up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: an award of over £50,000 for a Croatian employee who was harassed; an unsuccessful unfair dismissal claim by a doctor who refused to work unless he had somewhere to sleep... Posted Mar 05 2010, 08:55 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, harassment, redundancy, contracts, employment tribunals, sexual orientation, race discrimination, dismissal, unfair dismissal

• Employment tribunals: what would you like to see covered?

  XpertHR's case reporting has been improved with the addition of a new service providing summaries of new employment decisions, as well as the full transcripts of the cases , to go alongside our more detailed monthly summaries on a particular area... Posted Jan 27 2010, 11:53 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, discrimination, disability discrimination, race discrimination, disability, sexual harassment, reasonable adjustments

• Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 09.01.10 to 22.01.10

  A round up of links to recent employment tribunal rulings, including a successful unfair dismissal claim by Weston-Super-Mare pier staff who were made redundant after it was damaged in a fire, compensation for an engineer who was dismissed for failing... Posted Jan 22 2010, 12:49 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, harassment, redundancy, employment tribunals, race discrimination, time off, dismissal, pregnancy, unfair dismissal, resignation, constructive dismissal

• Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 26.12.09 to 08.01.10

  A round up of links to recent employment tribunal rulings, including the reinstatement of a Territorial army soldier who was made redundant after he returned from Afghanistan, a successful claim by a park ranger who was dismissed for making a joke about... Posted Jan 08 2010, 08:22 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, age, termination of employment, harassment, equal pay, redundancy, employment tribunals, race discrimination, dismissal, misconduct, unfair dismissal

• Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 28.11.09 to 11.12.09

  A round up of links to recent employment tribunal rulings, including an employer that tried to pacify an employee who had been racially abused with a 15p pay rise, a hospital chef who was dismissed for eating a piece of garlic bread, and an estate agent... Posted Dec 11 2009, 08:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, redundancy, job applications, race discrimination, christmas, unfair dismissal

• Employment tribunals: redundancy-related claims skyrocket

  To no one's great surprise, the number of employment tribunal claims related to redundancy went up dramatically for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, according to new Tribunals Service statistics (PDF format, 257K) (on its website). Read More... Posted Sep 30 2009, 02:28 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, age, termination of employment, sex discrimination, discrimination, redundancy, religion, disability discrimination, employment tribunals, race discrimination, disability, employment tribunal figures

• The Equality Bill: simplifying discrimination law?

  By distilling the current discrimination legislation into one Equality Bill, the Government hopes to achieve a clearer legal framework for equality that will be easier to understand and implement. But has it done this? The three-part detailed analysis... Posted Jun 30 2009, 12:25 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, sex discrimination, discrimination, equality bill, disability discrimination, race discrimination, positive action

• When a sitcom goes beyond a joke

  What did you expect to read about? The Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain? Read More... Posted Jun 02 2009, 11:54 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, harassment, race discrimination, dismissal

• This month's top 10 HR questions - April 2009

  During April, the impact of the repeal of the dispute resolution procedures at the beginning of the month was evident, with the most frequently asked question on XpertHR concerning whether or not employers are obliged to deal with grievances raised by... Posted May 05 2009, 07:49 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, holiday, terms and conditions, maternity leave, flexible working, redundancy, grievances, tupe, maternity pay, race discrimination, fixed-term contracts

• Equality Bill: consultation on multiple discrimination

  The Government has issued a consultation paper, Equality Bill: assessing the impact of a multiple discrimination provision (PDF format, 892K) (on the Government Equalities Office website), on its plans for making provision for multiple discrimination... Posted Apr 29 2009, 02:56 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, age, sex discrimination, religion, equality bill, disability discrimination, sexual orientation, race discrimination, gender reassignment

• Pilot's claim seemingly defeated by statutory procedure requirements

  According to the Independent, a British Airways pilot's claim about victimisation under the Race Relations Act 1976 failed on the grounds that he'd omitted to put his grievance in writing. Read More... Posted Mar 18 2009, 07:01 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, grievances, dispute resolution, race discrimination

• Welsh speaking employee wins race discrimination claim

  A worker who was denied the right to speak Welsh at a disciplinary hearing has won her claim for race discrimination. Read More... Posted Nov 07 2008, 01:14 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, race discrimination

• Englishman wins Irish race discrimination claim

  An Equality Tribunal has held that an Englishman was discriminated against by his Irish colleagues, in an unusual race discrimination ruling from the Republic of Ireland. Read More... Posted Aug 15 2008, 08:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, harassment, international, race discrimination

• Equality Bill - the approach to existing discrimination provisions

  The government's June 2008 document setting out initial information on the forthcoming single Equality Bill (on the Equalities Office website) concentrated on new provisions, including the outlawing of pay secrecy clauses and an extension of positive... Posted Jul 22 2008, 02:22 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: sex discrimination, equal pay, religion, equality bill, disability discrimination, sexual orientation, race discrimination