Case law
Senior female executive who refused to socialise with male team loses sex discrimination claim
Fellow workers claimed she was “dictatorial” and lacked respect for colleagues.
French worker awarded €40,000 because his job was boring
An employee of a luxury perfumes manufacturer has been awarded €40,000 in compensation by a French court after it was...
California sues Uber and Lyft over driver benefits
The state of California is suing the ride-hailing technology companies Uber and Lyft for failing to provide benefits and protections...
Hairdresser wins £20k after being asked to clean up dog excrement
A hairdresser has been awarded £20,000 at an employment tribunal after her boss asked her to pick up excrement in...
Gay engineer awarded £175k for ‘nightmare’ treatment after coming out
An engineer has been awarded £175,000 after taking his employer to the...
Liz Earle Beauty Company adopted discriminatory redundancy process for pregnant worker
The Liz Earle Beauty Company must pay a former employee more than £17,000 for pregnancy and maternity discrimination, after it...
Injury to feelings: how the employment tribunal awarded £400k
A former Department for Work and Pensions employee recently received almost £400,000 in compensation following age and race discrimination
Barclays not liable for sexual assaults committed by contractor
Barclays Bank is not liable for the numerous alleged sexual assaults committed by a self-employed doctor who had been contracted...
Supreme Court: Morrisons not vicariously liable for employee’s data leak
Morrisons has successfully argued in the Supreme Court that it cannot be held vicariously liable for a data breach in...
Uber drivers in France are employees
Uber drivers in France are employees and not self-employed, the country’s highest court has confirmed.
The landmark ruling, which confirms...
Shared parental pay case refused Supreme Court appeal
A highly anticipated case to test whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay while not doing the...
Secretary who resigned because of discrimination was constructively dismissed
A secretary who resigned because she was asked to be complicit in discriminatory recruitment practices was constructively and unfairly dismissed,...
Society launches veganism guidance for employers
Following last month’s landmark ruling that ethical veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief for the purposes of the Equality Act,...
Supreme Court to hear ‘unlawful inducements’ appeal
The Supreme Court will consider whether an automotive parts firm made “unlawful inducements” when it bypassed a trade union and...
Lawyer rejected because he was ‘expensive’ was discriminated against
The decision to deny an experienced lawyer a job because he was considered...
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