Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Case law

    • 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...

    • Written statement of employment particulars
    • Case law
    • Employment law

    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
    • Latest News
    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

    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
    • Financial penalties
    • Case law

    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...

    • Case law
    • France
    • Latest News

    Uber drivers in France are employees

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Mar 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Mar 2020

    Uber drivers in France are employees and not self-employed, the country’s highest court has confirmed.
    The landmark ruling, which confirms...

    • Case law
    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave

    Shared parental pay case refused Supreme Court appeal

    by Rob Moss 18 Feb 2020
    by Rob Moss 18 Feb 2020

    A highly anticipated case to test whether it is discriminatory for employers to enhance maternity pay while not doing the...

    • Case law
    • Caste discrimination
    • Latest News

    Secretary who resigned because of discrimination was constructively dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Feb 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Feb 2020

    A secretary who resigned because she was asked to be complicit in discriminatory recruitment practices was constructively and unfairly dismissed,...

    • Case law
    • Belief discrimination
    • Latest News

    Society launches veganism guidance for employers

    by Rob Moss 18 Feb 2020
    by Rob Moss 18 Feb 2020

    Following last month’s landmark ruling that ethical veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief for the purposes of the Equality Act,...

    • Case law
    • Collective bargaining
    • Employee relations

    Supreme Court to hear ‘unlawful inducements’ appeal

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2020

    The Supreme Court will consider whether an automotive parts firm made “unlawful inducements” when it bypassed a trade union and...

    • Age discrimination
    • Case law
    • Legal sector

    Lawyer rejected because he was ‘expensive’ was discriminated against

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Feb 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Feb 2020

    The decision to deny an experienced lawyer a job because he was considered...

    • Case law
    • Latest News
    • Minimum wage

    Supreme Court hears minimum wage ‘sleep-in’ cases

    by Rob Moss 12 Feb 2020
    by Rob Moss 12 Feb 2020

    In a landmark case for the care sector, the Supreme Court today hears two cases on the national minimum wage...

    • Stress
    • Case law
    • NHS

    Nurse unfairly dismissed for wanting to commence NHS whistleblowing process

    by Rob Moss 11 Feb 2020
    by Rob Moss 11 Feb 2020

    A senior district nurse with 38 years’ experience was unfairly dismissed after she told management of her wish to instigate...

Newer Posts
Older Posts

  • 2025 Employee Communications Report PROMOTED | HR and leadership...Read more
  • The Majority of Employees Have Their Eyes on Their Next Move PROMOTED | A staggering 65%...Read more
  • Prioritising performance management: Strategies for success (webinar) WEBINAR | In today’s fast-paced...Read more
  • Self-Leadership: The Key to Successful Organisations PROMOTED | Eletive is helping businesses...Read more
  • Retaining Female Talent: Four Ways to Reduce Workplace Drop Out PROMOTED | International Women’s Day...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+