Case law

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Senior executive Glenn Cowie awarded £3.2 million from Vesuvius after winning ageism claim, the employment tribunal rules.

A Christian has partly won his belief discrimination claim after a charity rescinded his job offer following the discovery of Facebook posts he had made.

A company has successfully challenged a minimum wage underpayment case in relation to time spent travelling to work.

A social worker who won a harassment claim over her treatment after sharing her gender-critical beliefs has been awarded compensation.

Christian actress Seyi Omooba to take case to Court of Appeal following EAT decision that she had not been religiously discriminated against.

Five-year legal battle continues after Kristie Higgs wins right to have religious discrimination case heard by Court of Appeal.

A professor who was likened to 'a racist uncle' because of her gender-critical beliefs has succeeded in her case against the Open University.

The live-in domestic worker exemption under the national minimum wage regulations is being removed on 1 April 2024.

The Supreme Court is to decide on a major trade union detriment case involving a care worker who was suspended for organising a strike.

EAT rules that the employment tribunal had not erred in finding that calling someone bald amounts to sex-related harassment.

In Haycocks v ADP RPO, the EAT heard that redundancy consultation took place too late and so ruled the original tribunal erred, making the dismissal unfair.

Deliveroo riders are not 'workers' and cannot form a collective bargaining unit, the Supreme Court has concluded in a landmark judgment.

Tribunal finds that Network Rail unfairly dismissed an employee for drinking coca tea but that claimant should receive no compensation.

Supreme Court dismisses appeal made by PSNI meaning that thousands of staff are owed holiday underpayments.