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    Rail inspector with ‘shy bladder syndrome’ wins £90,000 compensation

    by Personnel Today 16 Mar 2022
    by Personnel Today 16 Mar 2022

    A Network Rail worker with 'shy bladder syndrome' who could not provide urine sample for drug testing has won £90,000 for unfair dismissal.

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    Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay ruling: four steps for employers

    by Holly Milne 9 Mar 2022
    by Holly Milne 9 Mar 2022

    The Court of Appeal judgment in Pimlico Plumbers v Smith ruled that holiday pay can carry over and accumulate until a contract ends. Holly Milne examines the detail

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    EAT hears appeal of Christian sacked for LGBT education comments on Facebook

    by Rob Moss 28 Feb 2022
    by Rob Moss 28 Feb 2022

    Kristie Higgs, the Christian school worker sacked for Facebook posts raising her concerns about transgenderism and sex education, has her...

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    Court of Appeal: agency workers do not have right to apply for permanent jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022

    Agency workers do not automatically have the right to be invited to apply for a directly employed vacancy.

    • Gig economy
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    Pimlico Plumbers loses holiday pay appeal in case with ‘huge’ implications

    by Rob Moss 1 Feb 2022
    by Rob Moss 1 Feb 2022

    A heating engineer who claimed he was owed holiday pay by Pimlico Plumbers after the Supreme Court ruled that he...

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    BNP Paribas to pay £2.1m to banker who had witch’s hat left on her desk

    by Rob Moss 31 Jan 2022
    by Rob Moss 31 Jan 2022

    A woman who won a sex discrimination and equal pay case against BNP Paribas has been awarded more than £2...

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    Tarmac not liable for injury resulting from ‘horseplay’, rules Court of Appeal

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2022

    The Court of Appeal has ruled that Tarmac Cement and Lime cannot be held vicariously liable for a practical joke one of its employees played on a contractor.

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    What does 2022 have in store for HR?

    by Beverley Sunderland 14 Dec 2021
    by Beverley Sunderland 14 Dec 2021

    More cases will start to work their way through the overburdened tribunal system which directly relate to the pandemic – around furlough, redundancy, vaccinations and workplace returns.

    • Gender pay gap
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    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2021
    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in...

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    Uber loses High Court bid to challenge worker rights ruling

    by Zoe Wickens 7 Dec 2021
    by Zoe Wickens 7 Dec 2021

    The UK High Court has refused transport business Uber’s application to declare its gig-economy business model lawful following the Supreme...

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    Union loses legal challenge over PM’s decision in Priti Patel bullying case

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Dec 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Dec 2021

    A union has lost its High Court challenge against Boris Johnson’s decision to back the home secretary after she was...

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    Covid-related employment cases: 10 key rulings for employers

    by Stephen Simpson 22 Nov 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 22 Nov 2021

    Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic from which employers can learn lessons.

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    When is compulsory retirement justified?

    by Andrew Sugarman 18 Nov 2021
    by Andrew Sugarman 18 Nov 2021

    It can be discriminatory to require an employee to retire when they reach a certain age, unless a retirement policy...

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    Kostal v Dunkley: How bypassing collective bargaining can cost employers dearly

    by Richard Arthur 10 Nov 2021
    by Richard Arthur 10 Nov 2021

    Last month, the Supreme Court delivered a ground-breaking ruling in the case of Kostal v Dunkley and others. Richard Arthur...

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    What the Stuart Delivery case tells us about the right of substitution

    by Jo Broadbent and Stefan Martin 26 Oct 2021
    by Jo Broadbent and Stefan Martin 26 Oct 2021

    Jo Broadbent and Stefan Martin consider a recent case that involved a courier who could choose to release work to others.

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