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    • General Data Protection Regulation
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    ‘All views my own’: Monitoring employees’ social media

    by Daniel Piddington 18 Aug 2020
    by Daniel Piddington 18 Aug 2020

    Social media has grown in use exponentially since Facebook was launched 16 years ago, and so has the risk to...

    • Case law
    • Constructive dismissal
    • Discipline and grievances

    ‘Old boys’ network’: Sales exec wins sexism case against tech firm Splunk

    by Rob Moss 12 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 12 Aug 2020

    A sales executive who earned more than £700,000 per year has won her claim for sex discrimination at an employment...

    • Case law
    • Latest News
    • Gig economy

    CitySprint loses third worker status case

    by Rob Moss 5 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 5 Aug 2020

    The IWGB is calling on government to better enforce employment status laws after the union took CitySprint to tribunal three...

    • Case law
    • Agency workers
    • Employment law

    Supreme Court to make final Uber ruling

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jul 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jul 2020

    Four years in the making – final decision on the employment status of Uber drivers will have huge ramifications for the gig economy.

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Asda equal pay case comes before Supreme Court

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jul 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jul 2020

    The long-running equal pay dispute between Asda and its shop-floor staff is to be considered by the Supreme Court this...

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Royal Mail loses appeal against agency worker decision

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jul 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jul 2020

    Royal Mail and Angard lose their appeal over definition of agency workers and the employment rights the group is entitled to.

    • Case law
    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Senior female executive who refused to socialise with male team loses sex discrimination claim

    by Jo Faragher 1 Jul 2020
    by Jo Faragher 1 Jul 2020

    Fellow workers claimed she was “dictatorial” and lacked respect for colleagues.

    • Stress
    • Case law
    • Employee engagement

    French worker awarded €40,000 because his job was boring

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2020

    An employee of a luxury perfumes manufacturer has been awarded €40,000 in compensation by a French court after it was...

    • Case law
    • USA
    • Employment law

    California sues Uber and Lyft over driver benefits

    by Rob Moss 6 May 2020
    by Rob Moss 6 May 2020

    The state of California is suing the ride-hailing technology companies Uber and Lyft for failing to provide benefits and protections...

    • Case law
    • Written statement of employment particulars
    • Disability discrimination

    Hairdresser wins £20k after being asked to clean up dog excrement

    by Rob Moss 21 Apr 2020
    by Rob Moss 21 Apr 2020

    A hairdresser has been awarded £20,000 at an employment tribunal after her boss asked her to pick up excrement in...

    • Adoption
    • Case law
    • Bullying and harassment

    Gay engineer awarded £175k for ‘nightmare’ treatment after coming out

    by Rob Moss 15 Apr 2020
    by Rob Moss 15 Apr 2020

    An engineer has been awarded £175,000 after taking his employer to the...

    • Case law
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    • Employment tribunals

    Liz Earle Beauty Company adopted discriminatory redundancy process for pregnant worker

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Apr 2020

    The Liz Earle Beauty Company must pay a former employee more than £17,000 for pregnancy and maternity discrimination, after it...

    • Age discrimination
    • Case law
    • Financial penalties

    Injury to feelings: how the employment tribunal awarded £400k

    by Oliver Weiss 7 Apr 2020
    by Oliver Weiss 7 Apr 2020

    A former Department for Work and Pensions employee recently received almost £400,000 in compensation following age and race discrimination

    • Sexual harassment
    • Case law
    • Financial services

    Barclays not liable for sexual assaults committed by contractor

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Apr 2020

    Barclays Bank is not liable for the numerous alleged sexual assaults committed by a self-employed doctor who had been contracted...

    • Case law
    • Data protection
    • Discipline

    Supreme Court: Morrisons not vicariously liable for employee’s data leak

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2020

    Morrisons has successfully argued in the Supreme Court that it cannot be held vicariously liable for a data breach in...

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