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Tribunal Watch

The latest on employment tribunals from the XpertHR legal team. We provide a weekly round-up of the latest tribunal cases to hit the headlines, with links to in-depth analyses on XpertHR and key articles from national and regional press coverage. Tribunal Watch began life in 2010 as an XpertHR blog – view older posts here.


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    • Case law
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    Delivery driver who swore at colleague in weight loss row wins case

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Nov 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Nov 2024

    A delivery driver who swore at a colleague during an argument at work wins his unfair dismissal case and is now in line for compensation.

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Worker wins race discrimination claim at curry supplier

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2021
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2021

    A man who worked for a curry supplier has won a race discrimination claim after being told he did not...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Case law

    Disabled shop worker wins tribunal award from M&S over lift key

    by Stephen Simpson 15 Jan 2018
    by Stephen Simpson 15 Jan 2018

    An employment tribunal has made an award of £1,000 against Marks and Spencer after a delay in providing a disabled...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Financial penalties
    • Personnel Today

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2017

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Dec 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Dec 2017

    The last year has been a very significant one for employment case law. Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts

    EAT confirms Uber drivers are workers

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Nov 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Nov 2017

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that Uber drivers should be classified as workers who are entitled to basic...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Colour blindness deemed not to be disability at tribunal

    by Stephen Simpson 7 Nov 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 7 Nov 2017

    A claimant’s red-green colour blindness could not be considered a disability under the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Gig economy

    Sex discrimination: female chef excluded from working at all-male barbecue

    by Stephen Simpson 9 Oct 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 9 Oct 2017

    An employment tribunal held that a female chef was discriminated against when she was rejected for extra work at a...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • NHS
    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Holiday pay: ambulance workers win overtime claim

    by Stephen Simpson 31 May 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 31 May 2017

    An employment tribunal has held that ambulance workers’ compulsory overtime in respect of “shift overruns” should be included in the...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Social media misconduct: dismissal harsh but fair

    by Stephen Simpson 17 May 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 17 May 2017

    An employment tribunal has held that the dismissal of a long-serving employee over derogatory comments she made on Facebook about...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Discipline
    • Discipline and grievances

    Tribunal awards £2 to claimant denied companion at disciplinary hearing

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Apr 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Apr 2017

    Stephen Simpson rounds up recent decisions published on the online database of first-instance employment tribunal judgments

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Apprenticeships
    • Discipline

    £25,000 for early termination of apprenticeship contract

    by Stephen Simpson 4 Apr 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 4 Apr 2017

    An employment tribunal has awarded £25,000 for breach of contract to an employee whose apprenticeship was ended early. Stephen Simpson...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Brexit
    • Agency workers

    BBC reporter’s employment case struck out

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Mar 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Mar 2017

    An employment tribunal has struck out a BBC reporter’s claim after finding that she discussed her case with a newspaper...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Holidays and holiday pay
    • Religious discrimination

    Religious festivals: five-week holiday rejection not discriminatory

    by Stephen Simpson 14 Feb 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 14 Feb 2017

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a tribunal’s rejection of a claim that a Roman Catholic was not discriminated against...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Gig economy

    Social media misconduct: fair dismissal over historic tweets

    by Stephen Simpson 19 Jan 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 19 Jan 2017

    An employment tribunal held that a long-serving employee was fairly dismissed for making derogatory comments about his colleagues and his...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment

    Tribunal Watch: Teacher’s dismissal for showing 18-rated film to pupils

    by Stephen Simpson 9 Jan 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 9 Jan 2017

    Tribunal Watch returns with a round-up of recent case law reported in the news. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld...

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